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Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon sa kasaysayan, na-impeach ng House of Representatives ang Vice President ng bansa matapos lagdaan ng mahigit 200 mambabatas ang impeachment complaint laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte.
Samantala, sa isang maliit na barong-barong sa Tondo, Maynila, nagsisiksikan ang 12 anak ni Mary Ann na halos magkakasunod lang ang edad. Dalawa sa kanyang anak, maagang nagkaroon ng sariling pamilya. Samantalang ang isa pang anak, hindi na nila kasama. Paano ba nila naitatawid ang araw araw? Panoorin sa video. #Reporter’sNotebook
Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon sa kasaysayan, na-impeach ng House of Representatives ang Vice President ng bansa matapos lagdaan ng mahigit 200 mambabatas ang impeachment complaint laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte.
Samantala, sa isang maliit na barong-barong sa Tondo, Maynila, nagsisiksikan ang 12 anak ni Mary Ann na halos magkakasunod lang ang edad. Dalawa sa kanyang anak, maagang nagkaroon ng sariling pamilya. Samantalang ang isa pang anak, hindi na nila kasama. Paano ba nila naitatawid ang araw araw? Panoorin sa video. #Reporter’sNotebook
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00:00In a house in Tondo, Manila, 12 children are suffering.
00:11All of them are Marianne's children.
00:15For a couple with 15 children, how are they able to live?
00:30Sara Zimmerman Duterte, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and conscientiously fulfill my duties as Vice President of the Philippines.
00:46I move to take up additional reference.
00:49On the last day of the session of the House of Representatives, February 5, 2025.
00:54Impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Z. Duterte filed by at least one-third of all the members of the House of Representatives.
01:06Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte was impeached.
01:10I move that the Secretary General be directed immediately to endorse the same to the Senate.
01:18The motion is approved.
01:21It is approved by 215 congressmen, the verified complaint against the second president.
01:32The impeachment of the Vice President is the first time in history.
01:39What will be the direction of the impeachment case of the second president of the country?
01:45I will not ignore what they are doing to me.
01:47The penalty for a person convicted in an impeachment trial is removal from office and absolute perpetual disqualification to hold public office, elected or appointed.
02:00What kind of country is this? Is the Vice President not a part of the government?
02:05God save the Philippines.
02:08Since December 2024, four impeachment complaints were filed against Vice President Sara Duterte.
02:15The fourth was the base of the judges in the House of Representatives for the impeachment complaint.
02:21215 cases were filed in the impeachment complaint, exceeding 102 or one-third of all the members of the House of Representatives.
02:30In this document, verified complaint for Vice President Sara Duterte,
02:35In this document, verified complaint for impeachment, the seven grounds for impeachment are listed.
02:41These include betrayal of public trust, corruption, graft, bribery, and others.
02:48The first ground for impeachment listed in the complaint is betrayal of public trust,
02:53culpable violations of the Constitution, and plotting to murder or assassinate the incumbent president, the first lady, and speaker of the House of Representatives.
03:04This is what the Vice President said in an online live broadcast on November 23, 2024.
03:13I told her, if you kill me, kill BBM, Lisa Araneta, and Martin Romales. No joke.
03:24No joke.
03:26It is stated in the complaint that based on the statement of the Vice President,
03:30she admitted that she ordered someone to kill the President, First Lady, and Speaker of the House of Representatives,
03:38and second, that the person who was told to do her orders agreed to do so, or there is a contract to kill.
03:46I did not make an assassination threat to the President.
03:52They are the only ones who say that. They are the only ones who say that there is an assassination.
03:55They are the only ones who say that there is an assassin, a gunman.
04:00I did not say that.
04:02The second ground for impeachment, graft, corruption, and malversation of the confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President
04:10and the Department of Education or DepEd.
04:13It is stated in the complaint that in the two-year administration of the Vice President,
04:18her spending was questionable when it comes to the 612.5 million pesos of confidential funds of the two offices.
04:28You are depriving a person of her liberty.
04:33In the hearings on camera, the 125 million pesos of confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President were discussed in 2022,
04:42which was spent within 11 days.
04:46How can you ask a resource person without giving him copies?
04:52In 2023, Vice President Duterte used the 375 million pesos from the 500 million pesos of confidential funds of the OVP.
05:06The use of the 112.5 million pesos of confidential funds of the Department of Education or DepEd was also questioned when it was hidden.
05:16This is the reason why we don't want to discuss confidential funds.
05:21And that is why there is a law that prohibits the discussion of confidential funds.
05:27In the sound of the quadcom on camera, the name Mary Grace Piatos became loud,
05:33one of the signatories of the so-called Documentary Evidence of Payment or DepEd.
05:38Mayroong Mary Grace Piatos.
05:42The name of the person mentioned in the hearing was questionable.
05:46I cannot explain ma'am because I am not the one who is preparing.
05:52The 1322 out of the 1,992 names received by confidential funds from the OVP will be added
06:02to the non-birth records of the Philippine Statistics Authority or PSA,
06:07according to the investigation of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability.
06:14The third ground for impeachment is bribery and graft and corruption.
06:19DepEd officials who are involved in procurement are accused of this.
06:24It is stated in the complaint that this clearly violates the Republic Act 3019 or Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices.
06:32The fourth ground for impeachment is unexplained wealth and failing to disclose all her properties
06:39and interests in properties in her SAL-N.
06:42More than Php 2 billion was also discovered in transactions from 2006 to 2015
06:49in several joint accounts of Vice President Sara Duterte and former President Rodrigo Duterte.
06:56Sara Duterte was the Mayor and Vice Mayor of Davao City at the time.
07:05The fifth ground for impeachment is high crimes, including the high crime of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
07:13The Vice President was convicted of extrajudicial killings or EJK by the Davao Death Squad or DDS
07:19that happened from 2011 to 2018 where Vice President Duterte was the Mayor of Davao City.
07:29In the years that I served as Vice Mayor and Mayor of Davao City,
07:33sometimes my name was not included in this issue.
07:37Suddenly, there was a witness against me by my beloved Vice President.
07:42It is clear that he was forced to include my name in this issue.
07:47The sixth ground for impeachment is political destabilization, betrayal of public trust, and high crimes of sedition and insurrection.
08:01According to the complaint, the administration of President Bongbong Marcos was attacked several times by the Vice President.
08:09I want to cut his head off.
08:17Imagine myself cutting his head.
08:21He doesn't know how to be a President.
08:24He's just sitting there.
08:26And the seventh and last ground for impeachment,
08:31the totality of respondents' conduct as Vice President, including her commission of the foregoing acts,
08:37betrayal of public trust, culpable violations of the 1987 Constitution, and graft and corruption.
08:44Was the Vice President not a part of the government?
08:47Was I not voted by the people?
08:50Was I not the Vice President of the entire Philippines?
08:56On February 5, the articles of impeachment were brought to the Senate.
09:01The Senate will set up an impeachment court and will decide on the basis of the complaints filed against Vice President Sara Duterte.
09:10There is a motion to direct the Secretary General to immediately...
09:1311 congressmen were appointed as impeachment prosecutors by the Camera,
09:17who will prosecute Vice President Duterte.
09:20In the impeachment trial, the Second President of the country will decide whether to leave or stay in his position.
09:28According to a political analyst, the impeachment case against Vice President Duterte is still a long process.
09:36VP Sara is not yet convicted.
09:39The House of Representatives impeached her.
09:42So it means that the House of Representatives imposed the ball to the Senate.
09:48The Senate will judge her.
09:51Now, if she is convicted, she will be removed from her position as Vice President and the perpetual disqualification.
09:58And as long as she is not convicted, she is still our Vice President.
10:02Ma'am, if our Vice President is convicted, what will happen to her position?
10:10The President will choose from the House of Representatives and the Senate who can be the Vice President.
10:19The House of Representatives and the Senate, voting separately, will now have to approve or disapprove the President's appointment.
10:31Since the session of the Senate was adjourned,
10:35the Senate President, Francis Escudero, faced a press briefing on February 6.
10:42Here, he explained why the Senate will not immediately start the investigation into the impeachment case of the Vice President.
10:50If there will be an action, it will happen on June 2, when the Senate will resume after the election.
11:02Public officials are accountable at all times.
11:05It should not be interrupted simply because a new Congress is coming in.
11:11The principle should be accountability.
11:15Accountability remains at all times.
11:18Once it starts, it should continue.
11:22The signatures of congressmen who signed the impeachment complaint should also be verified.
11:28In the remaining four months before the 19th Congress,
11:32it is possible that the impeachment trial will reach the 20th Congress.
11:37This means that the new 12 senators will be included in the decision of whether or not to convict the Vice President.
11:46And if the Vice President is found guilty,
11:49The penalty for a person convicted in an impeachment trial is removal from office
11:55and absolute perpetual disqualification to hold public office, elected or appointed.
12:01On February 7, Vice President Sara Duterte faced a press conference after the impeachment of her camera.
12:10Despite my statements about the impeachment plan in the past months,
12:19the only thing I can say at this point is God save the Philippines.
12:29I just want to send my heartfelt thanks to my fellow countrymen
12:35who continue to pray, support, trust, and continue to love me.
12:45You are victorious because success is in the hands of the people.
12:51The President denied that he had anything to do with the impeachment of the camera of Vice President Duterte.
12:58No, the executive cannot have a hand in the impeachment.
13:01There is no role of the executive in the impeachment.
13:04But again, what the House has done is clearly the mandate,
13:10the constitutional mandate that they have to proceed with the impeachment complaint.
13:18The impeachment case against the Vice President is still in progress.
13:22It is important to be vigilant because no matter how difficult it is,
13:26it will have a great effect on our government.
13:296 o'clock in the morning, Mariana is showing her four children by the sea.
13:52One of her children, Jonathan, is one year old.
13:58He is being fed and he is crying.
14:01And because there is no medicine to buy,
14:03he is waiting for the sun to heal his son.
14:07At home, her eight-year-old son is still sleeping.
14:21The kids are having breakfast with rice and a can of coffee.
14:37In a garapon, it is noticeable that the children still have milk.
14:52But she needs to save it.
14:55I only have two bottles.
14:58If I don't have money to buy it, that's what I do to them.
15:02I give them soy milk.
15:04Because there is no money to buy breakfast,
15:06the family of Mariana is relying on a group's feeding program.
15:24The kids are eating mung bean and rice.
15:36The eight-year-old son, Junior, is outside,
15:46he is being fed.
15:48He is sharing with his four younger siblings.
15:52Their smiles reach their ears.
15:54They often eat soy or salt.
15:58I get a pan and put it on the plate.
16:03I eat soy.
16:06It's delicious.
16:10Only three of the children of Mariana are studying, including Junior.
16:14The other children don't have a birth certificate.
16:18We are here at the baseco compound.
16:20We are going to check on Mariana.
16:22Mariana is only 44 years old,
16:24but she already has 15 children.
16:30Good afternoon.
16:32You are so small.
16:34What are their names?
16:36Call them.
16:38I'm Mack.
16:40I'm Jessica.
16:42Mariana, will they be able to follow?
16:44Yes.
16:46Will they be able to follow?
16:48Yes.
16:50There are two more outside.
16:52Let me count.
16:54Are they complete?
16:561, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
17:01How did they get so many?
17:03I was born in 2010.
17:07When I turned one, I became pregnant again.
17:10Why didn't they pass?
17:12Because of the birth certificate,
17:14they don't have birth certificates.
17:16All of my children have birth certificates.
17:18Why don't you have a birth certificate?
17:20My children don't have birth certificates.
17:22My daughters are not registered.
17:26That's why they are not registered.
17:28Yes.
17:30Because of the lack of education,
17:32Mariana gave birth to her three children.
17:34However, they were not placed in the right place
17:37due to the lack of requirements.
17:39Junior, who is only 8 years old,
17:41instead of being in Grade 3,
17:43he is only in Kindergarten.
17:45His classmate, Mary Jane,
17:47who is 12 years old,
17:49is supposed to be in Grade 7.
17:51Ella, who is 11 years old,
17:53is supposed to be in Grade 6.
17:56My teacher told me
17:58that if I didn't go to Grade 6,
18:00I should be in Grade 6.
18:03Because I'm small,
18:06they call me big.
18:08Sometimes, my friends scold me.
18:14Some of my friends are in Grade 6
18:17and they don't know how to read.
18:20Despite his young age,
18:22Ella is able to understand
18:24the situation of his family.
18:26Sometimes, I don't have rice.
18:28It's hard for me.
18:30I don't have a job.
18:32I just got a job.
18:34Do you know
18:36that the children
18:38don't have enough to eat?
18:40Even the parents
18:42don't know.
18:44At night, I cry
18:46because they don't have enough to eat.
18:48I don't have anything to do.
18:52Every day,
18:54Mary Anne receives P250
18:56from her 17-year-old son
18:58who works in Divisoria
19:00as a vendor.
19:02She uses the money
19:04to support her family.
19:06The first thing she needs
19:08is water to bathe
19:10and wash the plates.
19:13I have four of these.
19:15I have three of those.
19:17Three boxes?
19:18Four.
19:19Four?
19:20That's one.
19:35The remaining P200
19:37is used for other needs
19:39such as a kilo of rice,
19:41two sachets of coffee,
19:43a can of milk,
19:45and two diapers.
19:51Mary Anne also bought
19:53water for the whole family.
19:57They will share
19:59this with her 12 children
20:01in the next two days.
20:04She also bought
20:06biscuits and snacks for her children.
20:15It's not even half of the day yet
20:17but the remaining money
20:19of Mary Anne
20:21is only P100.
20:23I cried earlier
20:25when you interviewed me.
20:27I should have died.
20:29This is all I have left.
20:32I don't know what to do.
20:38In the coming days,
20:40Mary Anne's pocket is a bit restful
20:42because her husband,
20:44Edito, went home last night.
20:58He immediately gave Mary Anne
21:00P500 that he earned
21:02from fixing the truck
21:04for the whole day.
21:06This is tiring.
21:08If we don't help,
21:10we won't have money.
21:12We need to find a way
21:14to feed ourselves.
21:16In the five days
21:18that we followed Mary Anne's life,
21:20only 14 people mentioned
21:22her name.
21:24By the way,
21:26her fourth child, Edmond,
21:28died of illness.
21:30My son died when I was 6 years old.
21:32If he were alive now,
21:34he would be 17 years old.
21:36He had a diphtheria.
21:38He had pneumonia.
21:40We were in the hospital for two days
21:42and my son died.
21:44He was vomiting blood.
21:54Because the children can't eat
21:56every day,
21:58a pediatrician brought them
22:00a reporter's notebook.
22:06According to the doctor,
22:08some of the children are undernourished
22:10and have an infection.
22:12All of them have a low weight
22:14for their age.
22:16They are also a bit small for their age.
22:18Maybe because of what they eat,
22:20their nutrition is incomplete.
22:22They were given medicines
22:24to strengthen their resistance
22:26and to help
22:28increase their weight.
22:36After the story of Mary Anne's family
22:38was aired,
22:40many people asked for help,
22:42like groceries and financial assistance
22:44which is a big help to the family.
22:46The City Social Welfare
22:48and Development Office
22:50of Manila
22:52will continue to monitor the family
22:54of Mary Anne, especially
22:56the well-being and education of her children.
23:00Despite the trials
23:02and tribulations,
23:04Mary Anne remains strong for the family.
23:08She will do everything
23:10to keep her children alive.
23:14Until next Saturday,
23:16I am Mackie Pulido.
23:18I am Jun Veneracion and this is Reporters' Notebook.