00:00The Senate Impeachment Court lifts the subjudicia rule on three withdrawn impeachment articles against Vice President Sarah Duterte.
00:08This allows the parties to publicly discuss the dropped charges of confidential funds, bribery, and grave threats.
00:14The decision drew objections from lead defense counsel Sheila Cison,
00:18warning that abandoning Rule 18 midway through the trial could undermine the integrity of the proceedings.
00:24We actually object to the abandonment of Rule 18 if we are to be true and faithful to the rational
00:33and wisdom of the subjudicia rule
00:36that not only permeates this court, it permeates the entire judicial system.
00:41Presiding Officer Cheese Escudero explains that relaxing Rule 18 was intended to allow Duterte to respond to the withdrawn articles.
00:49The reason behind the relaxing of Rule 18 was more to afford actually the respondent to respond in the manner
01:02she may deem fit,
01:04both in this courtroom, again subject to the objections to rulings of the court, and outside.
01:10Senator Judge Kiko Pangilinan moves to maintain the enforcement of Rule 18.
01:14If the court will agree, pending a possible motion for reconsideration on when we resume,
01:21then Rule 18 should continue to be enforced and not abandoned.
01:28Meantime, Duterte faces the media and insists she has no plans of resigning.
01:33No, no, no, no, no. We'll not resign. We'll never resign from the office of the Vice President.
01:44No, no, no in mind. You have to be cured.
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01:45but it does not decline from each other, and you know Mr. Johnson by the last several more ensures from
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