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00:07Kahit i-diniklara ni Vice President Sara Duterte sa kanyang Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth o Salen,
00:14hindi daw siya stockholder sa Gencorp Industries ayon sa abogado ng kumpanya.
00:18Pero tanong ng Prosekusyon at ng Impeachment Court,
00:21bakit may natanggap na pera ang bisemula sa Gencorp sa kumpanya?
00:25Ang paliwanag ng testigo sa unang balita ni Ian Cruz.
00:32Sa ika-apatapot dalawang araw ng pagliliti sa impeachment laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte,
00:39humarap bilang defense witness si Atty. Josette Balukanag-Punay,
00:43ang in-house counsel ng Gencorp Industries Inc. at Metro City Chao Food Corporation.
00:49Ito ang dalawang kumpanya na nakalista sa Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth o Salen ni Vice President Sara
00:57Duterte.
00:58Sa direct examination ay sinagawa ng Defense Counsel na si Atty. Justin Gullar.
01:04Inihayag ni Punay na hindi nakalista ang pangalan ni Duterte sa mga General Information Sheet o GIS
01:10ng dalawang kumpanya para sa mga taong 2022 hanggang 2025 kung kailan nakaupo na siya bilang Vice Presidente.
01:19Tinanong ni Gullar si Punay kung may sa naunang ulat ng prosecution witness na si Forensic Financial Analyst,
01:27Atty. Alexander Cabrera.
01:29It states and I quote, we find it reasonable to attribute 20% as the value of her interest in
01:35Gencorp
01:35similar to her value of her interest in Metro City Chao Foods.
01:39I think it is incorrect.
01:43And why do you say it is incorrect, Atty?
01:46Because you cannot attribute 20% to the Vice President because she has no shareholdings in Gencorp.
01:56Bino si si Rini Gullara ang isa pang bahagi ng forensic report ni Cabrera.
02:00It shows that the Vice President allegedly has 20% ownership in the company and has a paid-up capital
02:08of allegedly 250,000 pesos.
02:11What can you say about the accuracy of those alleged findings?
02:15This is inaccurate, sir.
02:17And why do you say that, Atty. Suzette?
02:20It is inconsistent from the records of the corporation.
02:24Ayon kay Punay, 1.25 million pesos ang paid-up capital ng Gencorp.
02:29I do not know what will happen if we add 20% because according to the forensic report, Sarah has
02:4320%, then the amount paid will be 1.5 million.
02:49So it is, I do not know where to put it, sorry. It's absurd.
02:55Pinalaga naman ng prosecution ng pahayag.
02:57We move to strike out, Gerona.
03:00Absurd is, again, a conclusion.
03:03It is a conclusion of fact, conclusion of law, and more than that, it is an opinion.
03:08I can also say that her testimony is absurd, Gerona, for the same reason.
03:14Ubalma rin ang depensa.
03:16To call a witness testimony is absurd without basis is badgering our witness, Gerona.
03:20You're pleased, counsels, counsels, please, please.
03:23I will strike out both the statement of the witness as to absurd.
03:28Inilahad din ni Punay na walang shares o posisyon na hawak ang bisis sa Gencorp mula 2022 hanggang 2025.
03:36Pero kalaunan, sinabi niyang may tinanggap na pera si Duterte mula sa Gencorp na nagkakahalaga ng mahigit 2 milyong piso.
03:45Aniya, loose investment ito ng bisis sa kumpanyang Davao Bounty para sa isang fast food branch na hindi naituloy.
03:54She has a loose investment.
03:56It's not in the corporation, but it is in the store, in the outlet, or in the branch.
04:03There was a corporation, which is Davao Bounty Times Foods Corporation,
04:09which where vice president was a stockholder.
04:14And this corporation was supposed to be the one to operate Jollibee Times Square branch, but it did not materialize.
04:22So another corporation commenced the operations of that certain branch.
04:28The same loose investment is now carried over to Gencorp.
04:32Sa cross-examination, lumabas sa mahigit 40,000 piso lang umano ang investment ng bisis sa Davao Bounty.
04:41Kaya tanong ng prosekusyon, bakit umabot sa mahigit 2 milyon pesos ang ibinalik ng Gencorp kay Duterte?
04:48The 2.1 is not the investment, but the return of capital.
04:52Ang binayaran lamang ng vice president, ayon sa record, ay 48,000.
04:58Yung binibigay ng Gencorp mula 2022, 45x na, 45 times na,
05:08nung kanyang investment sa Davao Bounty.
05:14Hindi na po ito return of investment.
05:18Return of investment eh.
05:20Binalik yung ininvest.
05:23Binalik yung kapital lang.
05:25Return on investment, may kita na yung kapital.
05:29Kaya tanong ni presiding officer Jesus Correro, may iba pa bang investment si Duterte?
05:34Wala na po.
05:35Wala kayong alam.
05:37Pero posibleng meron, hindi nyo lang alam.
05:39Hindi ko nga po alam kung meron because I could not verify it from other records.
05:45Whether it be return, a return on investment or a return of investment,
05:56Panam Council, you are following.
05:58It is still income, correct?
06:02Yes.
06:03Doon ipinundo ng prosekusyon na labag sa saligang batas na magkaroon ng ibang source of income ang vice-presidente
06:10bukod sa kanyang sweldo sa gobyerno.
06:13Sinabi rin ni Punay na walang anumang posisyon ang vice sa kanilang kumpanya.
06:18Yan ay kahit pa nasa mga dokumentong iprenesinta ng Securities and Exchange Commission
06:24na nakalista si VP Duterte bilang direktor at miyembro ng Compensation Committee ng Metro City Chow Foods.
06:31Dagdag pa ni Punay, walang partisipasyon sa mga pulong at operasyon ng dalawang kumpanya ang vice.
06:38When you said you have not seen the vice president in any of the board of directors' meetings,
06:47what you're saying is you have not seen her in the two meetings per year that you attend?
06:53Yes, ma'am.
06:54Okay. You do not know if there are other meetings of the board of directors that she is there,
07:01but which meetings you don't attend, correct?
07:04That's possible.
07:05Kaugnay naman sa pagkakalista ni Duterte bilang miyembro ng Compensation Committee,
07:10sinabi ni Punay na nailista lang umano si Duterte sa Compensation Committee dahil sa pagkakamali.
07:16It is an honest mistake, ma'am, on the accounting staff that prepared the GIS
07:21and there is no intention to misrepresent that the vice president is a member of the Compensation Committee.
07:28Hiniling ni Escudero na magsumite ang depensa ng mga dokumento ang magpapaliwanag kung para saan ang perang ibinigay kay Duterte.
07:37This is quite a serious allegation, ma'am, from a different perspective.
07:41The vice president, during different times in her career, was a public officer.
07:46So why would she be receiving monies from a private corporation that she has no interest in?
07:54Hindi po ba?
07:56Yes, sir.
07:56Period na in question, dala niyo po yung sa accountant, yung 22 to 2025, ay naman sa depensa.
08:02Siyempre limited lang naman yung kaalaman niya.
08:05So meron siyang limits sa kanyang testimonya.
08:08As I manifested earlier, we will present a witness, the appropriate witness at the appropriate time
08:16para ma-fill-in ko anuman yung mga naging tanong ng ating mga butihing senator judges kanina.
08:25Itong unang balita, Ian Cruz, GMA News.
