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The Senate impeachment court has lowered the voting threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte following an appeal made by Senator-judge Erwin Tulfo.

Following a court voting of 13-1, with 6 senator-judges not participating, presiding officer Chiz Escudero overturned his July 6 ruling and adopted the interpretation that, for purposes of determining the two-thirds concurrence required for conviction, "all members of the Senate" would refer only to senators who remain legally and factually capable of participating in the impeachment proceedings.

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00:00Binaba ng Impeachment Court at threshold para makonvict si Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:04Hindi na 16 votes ang kailangan para mapatalsik sa pwesto si Duterte
00:08matapos magwatuhan at sumang-ayon ng Senado sa apila ni Sen. Judge Irwin Tulfo
00:12o kung sa naunang desisyon ng Korte sa dami ng bilang para mapatalsik sa pwesto ang bise.
00:17The eyes have it. The appeal is won.
00:23Paano ba ito nangyari?
00:24September 8 ang umapila sa Tulfo na i-review kung ano ang magiging basis ng katagang all members of the
00:29Senate.
00:30Dahil ito sa continued absence ng ilang Sen. Judges.
00:33Dalawa sa kanila nakakulong, isa nagtatago, isa may sakit.
00:37Anyway, ito ang dahilan kaya nag-imita ng Amici Cure ang Korte para marinig ang opinion ng ilang legal luminaris.
00:43Tatlo sa apat na Amici Cure ang naniniwala ng Impeachment Court lang ang may kapangiramog desisyon ukol sa nasabing numero
00:49at ang katagang all members of the Senate ay hindi necessarily 24 individuals.
00:54Isa naman sa kanila, pininindigan na 16 ang voting threshold.
00:58Kanina nagkaroon ng oral argument sa pagitan ng prosecution at defense teams para sa nasabing apila.
01:04Para sa prosecution, walang kwestyonable sa gagawing pagbabago ng Korte sa naunan nitong ruling
01:08dahil two-thirds pa rin naman daw ang threshold para makakuha ng conviction.
01:12Yes, framers of the Constitution have made conviction harder,
01:16but making it harder is not the same as depending on senators who are not judges or are capable of
01:20being judges,
01:21ayon kay Congressman Chell Diokno.
01:24Isa niya pang punto, hindi rin pwede magkaroon ng acquittal by default dahil lang sa hindi present at hindi makaboto
01:29ang ibang judges.
01:31Samantalo, nagbabala ang defense teams sa pagbabago ng naunang ruling ng Impeachment Court.
01:35Sabi ni Defense Lawyer Michael Poa, it could raise due process concerns.
01:40Dagdag pa niya, malino daw na sinabi ng Supreme Court na ayon sa batas,
01:44there's no room for interpretation when the law is clear.
01:47Ang two-thirds ng all members of the Senate ay 16.
01:52Sa kanilang manifestations, apat na senador ang tumutol dito sa pagbabago ng ruling,
01:56kabilang na si Sen. Judge Amy Marcos na nagsabi na pag ang constitutional threshold ay nabago,
02:01hindi na raw ito tunay na safeguard.
02:04Sabi naman na Sen. Judge Camille Villar na naging emosyonal pa nga,
02:08nagsama-sama ang Sen. Judges para i-apply ang konstitusyon at hindi para baguin ang rules midway.
02:15Eventually, nagkaroon ng batuhan ng mga senador.
02:1713 pabor sa apila ni Tulfo, 1 ang hindi, 6 ang hindi sumali sa batuhan.
02:22Ito ang mga Sen. Judges na parte ng minoriyana ng walkout.
02:27Kaya ang desisyon, ang all members of the Senate ay nagre-refer sa mga members na,
02:32at the time of the vote, na nanatiling legally and factually capable na mag-participate sa impeachment proceedings.
02:38Thereby excluding members who are
02:41Number 1. Detained and or suspended or otherwise legally restrained from exercising the functions of a senator.
02:51Number 2. Persons sought by authorities whose whereabouts are unknown.
02:57Number 3. Suffering from a physical or medical incapacity.
03:02Number 4. Beyond the coercive processes of the Senate.
03:06And number 5. Others similarly situated.
03:12Ang desisyon na ito ay ruling ng korte at hindi pagbabago ng naunang rules, ayon kay Escudero.
03:18I'm Joseph Pedraas, senior reporter for Manila Bulletin.
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