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00:00Let's be together in Taksi!
00:15Vice President Sara Duterte will be appointed by the National Bureau of Investigation.
00:19This is for your vigilance this weekend against the President, First Lady, and House Speaker.
00:25President Marcos has been called a criminal for defrauding Vice President Duterte,
00:30despite the fact that he will not let this go unpunished.
00:33Vice President Duterte, on the other hand, will not let what he is doing go unpunished.
00:38Watch this! This is Yvonne Marina.
00:43I was talking to someone.
00:45I told him, if I get killed, kill BBM, Lisa Araneta, and Martin Romales.
00:53No joke!
00:56No joke!
00:57I was in the dark, ma'am.
01:00If I die, I told him, don't stop until you kill them all.
01:07And then he said, yes.
01:09Two days after the appointment of Vice President Sara Duterte, Vice President Marcos said,
01:15If the plan to kill a president is that simple,
01:20how about the usual things that will happen later?
01:23A criminal like that should not be allowed to go unpunished.
01:29That is what I will do.
01:32According to the President,
01:33he will end the conversation if he still fulfills his promise as a countryman to tell the truth.
01:40I hope this drama will not end
01:43if the legitimate questions to the Senate and the House of Representatives will be answered.
01:50The truth should not be hidden.
01:53Instead of giving a straightforward answer,
01:55they are hiding it in a fake story.
01:58VP Sara is back.
01:59I will not overlook what they are doing to me.
02:02She was also saddened by the President's apology to her statements.
02:06The entire country was saddened when their family killed Binigno Aquino Jr.
02:12In the first statement,
02:13VP Sara said that her statements were maliciously taken out of context
02:18which is considered a round of national security concern of the National Security Council or NSC.
02:23She also challenged the NSC to give her a copy of the notice,
02:27a list of attendees,
02:28pictures,
02:29and notarized minutes of interrogation
02:31where the NSC agreed that her statements are considered a national security concern.
02:37It should also be included in the agenda of the next interrogation of the NSC
02:40her desire to present evidence to the Vice President,
02:44to the Office of the Vice President,
02:45and to its people.
02:47The NSC said that the threat to the President is a national security concern.
02:58But apparently, they really do not consider the threat to the Vice President as anything of a concern.
03:06What kind of country is this?
03:08Isn't the Vice President part of the government?
03:11Didn't the people vote for me?
03:14Am I not the Vice President of the entire Philippines, of all Filipinos?
03:19The Vice President said that she does not expect the government to be fair to them.
03:24This is clear political harassment.
03:27This is clear political persecution.
03:30The threat to you is nothing.
03:32The threat to them is national security.
03:34Where are you?
03:36As a response to the so-called serious threat to the life of the President,
03:39the Presidential Security Command abolished their security.
03:43They are on a red alert.
03:45It will start this Saturday,
03:47and will be restricted from monitoring the President for the next few days.
03:50The official of the Department of Justice called the Vice President a self-confessed mastermind,
03:55and said that the government will use all of its forces to talk about the assassin he is talking about.
04:01The premeditated plot to assassinate the President
04:06as declared by the self-confessed mastermind
04:12will now face legal consequences.
04:16We will use all the resources of government,
04:19all law enforcement agents,
04:22to find out the identity of this assassin,
04:27and the legal consequences arising out of this criminal plot
04:32will be dealt with the full force of the law.
04:36The National Bureau of Investigation will have VP Sara subpoenaed
04:40and will be given five days to face the authorities.
04:43We did not arrest the Vice President right away
04:48because she is the Vice President.
04:50She is a very high-ranking official.
04:52So we are giving her a chance,
04:55due process, to answer.
04:58She is ready to face the Vice President.
05:00I would gladly answer
05:04the questions they want to be answered.
05:08But they should also answer my questions to them.
05:13We will talk about it once the subpoena is there.
05:16The NBI is also preserving the video as evidence.
05:20The PNP-CIDG investigation has started
05:23according to the statements of the Vice President.
05:25That is the aim of the PNP.
05:29That is the specifics.
05:32We are at that level.
05:34That is what we will reach.
05:36If there is a hitman,
05:38if there is no hitman,
05:40or if it is a figure of speech.
05:43That is what we will look at.
05:46According to the DOJ,
05:48many criminal cases can be filed against the Vice President.
05:51She can also be disciplined by the Ombudsman
05:53and can be disbarred as a lawyer.
05:58Very bad precedent for our country
06:02if we will not take legal action on these kinds of threats
06:06coming from a very high-ranking official.
06:09We have to maintain order in a civilized society
06:13by adherence to the rule of law.
06:16And we will apply the full strength and force of the law.
06:20A threat to the President is a threat to every Filipino
06:24because he is the one expected to deliver the service.
06:27And if he is impeded because of that threat,
06:30then it is a disservice to our people.
06:32For GMA Integrated News,
06:34we have a witness.
06:37The contempt order against the Chief of Staff
06:40of Vice President Sara Duterte,
06:42Atty. Zulaika Lopez,
06:44did not attend the hearing today.
06:46The Vice President violated the contempt order
06:50in the manner of questioning some of her staff.
06:54The witness is Jonathan Andar.
07:00Did you certify to the correctness of the liquidation reports
07:04on the use of the debt and confidential funds?
07:07Mr. Chair, we have no allies here.
07:10There is no point of order for us.
07:12How can you ask a resource person
07:14without giving him copies?
07:17Mr. Chair, point of order.
07:19Madam Vice President, please wait to be recognized.
07:22Give him copies.
07:24Vice President Sara Duterte violated the contempt order
07:27while Congressmen were questioning
07:29her former Special Disbursing Officer in DepEd,
07:32Edward Fajarda.
07:34The gate of the Vice President,
07:36why did the staff of the Office of the Vice President
07:38not immediately give a copy of the document?
07:40At this point, Vice President Duterte and Congresswoman
07:42Franz Castro were questioned.
07:44Representative Ahok is asking our resource person,
07:48why is it that the Vice President is batting?
07:52Yes, ma'am.
07:54We have no allies here, ma'am.
07:56One minute, she has declared her position.
07:58Well, point of order.
08:00When the hearing was suspended,
08:02the visit was suspended by Congressmen.
08:07Four OVP staff were present at the hearing earlier
08:09who were first contempted and arrested by the committee
08:12because they did not attend the hearing several times.
08:15But the Chief of Staff of the Office of the Vice President,
08:17Atty. Zulaika Lopez,
08:19who is still at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center,
08:21was not able to go to Lopez's excuse letter
08:23due to acute stress disorder.
08:25What his doctors are not saying here
08:28is that he is not physically incapable
08:32of attending today's hearing.
08:35I just find it a little bit
08:37odd, Mr. Chair,
08:39that it was not mentioned here
08:42that because of his condition,
08:45he will not be able to attend.
08:47Because Lopez did not attend today's hearing
08:49and because of what happened this weekend,
08:51the committee decided to add five more days
08:54for the contempt order to Lopez
08:56that should be completed today.
08:59I move, Mr. Chair,
09:01that the period of detention
09:03of Atty. Lopez
09:05be 10 days instead of 5 days
09:08because he will not be able to attend today's hearing.
09:11So, we have seen in the history
09:14of his evasive attitude,
09:18behavior,
09:20and his creation
09:22that he is lying
09:25that he was not harassed
09:27or barged in.
09:30The room is full.
09:32So, everything that happened,
09:34Mr. Chair.
09:36The repeal of the contempt order
09:38was questioned by the congressmen
09:40who are allies of the Duterte
09:42as well as the Vice.
09:44The point of the Vice,
09:46why is it that Lopez will be punished
09:48for making fun of the four DepEd officials
09:50while the President is receiving resignations
09:52from the Assistant Secretary
09:54and Undersecretary
09:56as well as the Appointing Authority?
09:58Madam Vice President,
10:00I'm sorry, sir.
10:02Who is the Appointing Authority?
10:04Yusef of ASEC.
10:06What is your answer?
10:08Secretary.
10:10You don't know.
10:12I can see you.
10:14Answer.
10:16Camera.
10:18I can see you.
10:20Answer.
10:22You said Secretary.
10:24You don't know everything.
10:26The one who is appointing
10:28is the President.
10:29The contempt order was questioned by Lopez.
10:31You need to reconsider
10:33that extension of your detention.
10:35It was illegal in the first place.
10:37You asked the President
10:39why he accepted the resignation.
10:41Do not ask due process.
10:44If you have any question
10:46insofar as the actions of this committee
10:48are concerned,
10:50I think the proper remedy
10:52is for you to go to the court.
10:54Sir,
10:56I will go to court.
10:57But every day,
10:59you are depriving a person
11:01of her liberty
11:03while I await.
11:05That is precisely the point, ma'am.
11:07If our action of detaining
11:09your Chief of Staff
11:11is against the law,
11:13I think the proper remedy
11:15and I think you're a lawyer,
11:17the proper remedy
11:18is to go to the court.
11:20Sir, do you really want to show
11:22the Filipino people
11:24what you know about the law?
11:25That is the decision of the committee
11:27as a whole.
11:29I'm just helping you, sir,
11:31because the Filipinos are ashamed.
11:33Is this how the House of Representatives works?
11:35It was a Saturday,
11:37Lopez was emotional
11:39as she was shown
11:41how the camera men
11:43took her to her detention room
11:45on Friday night.
11:47This is not just harassment.
11:49This is a threat
11:51to my life.
11:56They gang up on you
11:58in the middle of the night?
12:00Lopez was to be transferred
12:02to the Women's Correctional Facility
12:04in Mandaluyong,
12:05next to the committee.
12:07They bring 10 people
12:09to serve you
12:11in the middle of the night
12:13and they just badger and go to your room
12:15and then demand you to go with them?
12:17And their light is already closed,
12:19like this, dark.
12:21And then they click that
12:23on your door,
12:25that's it.
12:27Lopez was rushed to the hospital
12:29after her condition worsened.
12:31She vomited, vomited, vomited,
12:33and then collapsed.
12:35Duterte also complained
12:37that the ambulance
12:39that would take Lopez to the hospital
12:41did not immediately let her in.
12:43And while Lopez was taking her out
12:45in a stretcher,
12:47the police shouted,
12:49Ma'am, someone stole your phone.
12:51Give it back.
12:53Lopez said
12:55that she attempted homicide
12:57because she feared for her life.
13:00Why do you have to antagonize
13:02a detainee
13:04who is fully cooperating
13:09in everything
13:11that needs to be done
13:13so that this f****** hearing ends?
13:16But the gate of House Sergeant at Arms
13:18retired Police Major General
13:20Napoleon Taas
13:22did not violate
13:23any of Lopez's rights.
13:25Only four people entered,
13:27three women,
13:29and behind them was a male lawyer.
13:31A video was shown during the hearing
13:33where a woman shot
13:35with a female security guard,
13:37a woman wearing a police uniform,
13:39and a man wearing a black jacket.
13:41Hi Ma'am.
13:43Can we open the door?
13:45Do you want to do
13:47a robe or what?
13:49In the video also shown during the hearing,
13:51the camera man
13:53was talking to Lopez
13:55and his accomplice in the room.
13:57Later, Lopez took something
13:59and his cell phone
14:01was returned to his accomplice.
14:03Here we can see
14:05that there was no escalation,
14:07it was not stolen,
14:09it was not forcibly taken from them.
14:11They just removed it from their possession
14:13and put it on the table.
14:15The cell phone was left inside the cell.
14:17For GMA Integrated News,
14:19Jonathan Andal is your witness.
14:23This is GMA Integrated News
14:25for Iba't Ibang Balita.