00:00First of all, let's talk about a public official, a public official who is in the government.
00:11For example, you are head of DPWH, and you say,
00:19Account mo. Bakit ganyan ang ginastos sa flood control?
00:26Magiging defense, kung acceptable ang defense ngayon ng isang vice president dito na hindi alam defense.
00:34Bagong defense yan. 48 years na akong lawyer, ang bagong defense na yan na hindi ko pa nakikita.
00:42Hindi ko alam. Good faith. Hindi yan good faith. Bad faith yan. Pangugulang yan.
00:50So, if you have, for instance, DPWH, and you are made to him, asking him to account for the release
00:59of, let's say, 300 million in funds for a flood project,
01:04pwede bang tanggapin mo na defense ng DPWH secretary na yan?
01:10Sa example ko, hindi ko alam. Ang nag-release niyan, assistant ko.
01:15So, if you accept that defense from a vice president na hindi niya alam, magiging president na yan, magiging bad
01:25example na yan sa mga public officials natin,
01:29na pwede na palang defense yung hindi ko alam defense.
01:35Diba?
01:35So, this is impeachment case, goes beyond vice president, Sara Duterte.
01:41This is an accountable, impeachment is an accountability mechanism.
01:47It is an example.
01:48What we do today, what the prosecution will prove today, in this, not today, in this impeachment proceedings,
01:57is no public accountable official should get away with a hindi ko alam defense.
