00:00Before the presiding officer rules on this matter, and of course, we do respect the suggestion of the Honorable Senator
00:07Kiko Pangilinan, which we also appreciate because it seems that the good senator is also trying to find a way
00:14by which we can be able to proceed today without wasting anymore the time of this court because of this
00:20belated notice from the prosecution.
00:22However, Your Honor, the suggestion of the good senator to us would seem to be a bit unfair for the
00:31respondent because if the BIR witness now is here and there are, I will count, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
00:406, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, at least 13 prosecutors, combined public prosecutors and counsel for the prosecution,
00:51I suppose that they met over the scope of the direct examination of the BIR witness and the two lead
01:01prosecutors of this article are here present today and any one of them can take charge of the work left
01:09by one of their colleague, Attorney Mati.
01:13And the suggestion would now seem that ipapasa po sa amin yung nangyari ngayon na kami yung mag-a-adjust
01:22para dito samantalang naririto po at mukha naman pong kompleto ang prosecution na pinagsanib ng mga public prosecutors at mga
01:35pribadong prosecutor.
01:36Yung pong nakikita yung mga abogado rito na ma-attend para sa mga respondent ay ito na rin po yun
01:42mula day one hanggang ngayon.
01:45But unlike the prosecution, the counsel for respondent ay cannot even rotate if you noticed lahat po kami dito, kami
01:57na rin po yun mula una, unang araw ng paglilitas na ito hanggang ngayon.
02:03Ang sinasabi po namin, nung pinahayag ng prosecution na iprepresent nila ang BIR ngayon, kami po ay masusilin namang naghanda.
02:14Nagpuyat at sa mga nakaraang araw ay naririto mula umaga katulad din po ng mga miyembro ng korting ito at
02:21ng prosecution.
02:22Pero para po sabihin na kami na lang po ang mag-adjust, nandiyan naman po ang BIR witness nila.
02:28Baka po ang dapat mag-adjust to tell, ang concern na ito ay, ang cause nito ay hindi naman po
02:34respondent, kundi ang prosecution.
02:37So for us, the more fair na dapat gawin ay, the prosecution finds a way out of its own concern,
02:46nang walang prejudice sa respondent, Your Honor.
02:51So for us, the more fair na dapat gawin ay, ang cause nito ay, ang cause nito ay, ang cause
02:57nito ay, ang cause nito ay, ang cause nito ay, ang cause nito ay.
03:00Ang pitujan ay, ang cause nito ay, ang cause nito ay, ang malangickets sa 2020.
03:01So for us, the more fair na
