Hindi raw special si Vice Pres. Sara Duterte para madaliin ang impeachment trial. Sagot ito ni Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero sa mga tanong sa usad ng impeachment sa Senado.
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00:00Vice President Sara Duterte said it's not special to hasten the impeachment trial.
00:05This is the answer of Senate President Chisa Escudero to the questions about impeachment in the Senate.
00:10Ma'am Gonzales learned something.
00:15If President Bongbong Marcos is the one who will call for a special session
00:19to discuss the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte,
00:23the Senate can't do anything if there are five people here, but...
00:27Will that favor come from us? Or will that favor come from me?
00:32No, ma'am. Because, I repeat, I don't want this to be special.
00:36He said he didn't receive any calls from the President, or the camera, or Nairito.
00:41That's what Escudero said, that there's no need for a special session to start the impeachment trial.
00:47I don't have a plan. What's the reason why it's necessary?
00:50Is it because it's special? Is it because we're in a hurry?
00:53Is it because some sectors are very angry and want to start the trial right away?
00:56I believe that there should be justice so that there won't be any instability
01:02and so that there won't be any doubt regarding the impeachment trial when the time comes.
01:08That's why Escudero asked the congressmen why they delayed the process of filing an impeachment complaint.
01:14We have work to do regarding the legislation
01:18that doesn't require us to wait for something that, I repeat, they've been waiting for more than two months.
01:23Secondly, for me, there are things that the Senate needs to do before we can start the trial.
01:31We're not blaming anyone. We're not saying that we should start right away.
01:35The only thing they're saying is the Constitution.
01:38There's no condition in our Constitution on when we can start.
01:45The only condition is to start as soon as possible.
01:47Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel said
01:50that if there's a special session, the impeachment proceedings and passing of the priority laws of the administration will be expedited.
01:57There should be a sense of urgency.
01:59Although it doesn't mean that the impeachment complaint should be actioned immediately,
02:04it's not forthwith if it's postponed for three and a half months.
02:09Escudero replied,
02:10Vice President Sara Duterte is not special.
02:14The position of the Vice President is not special.
02:16For him, we can easily do it.
02:18For the Chief Justice, no.
02:20For Ombudsman, no.
02:21They're both impeachable officers under the Constitution.
02:25They should be treated equally.
02:28When former Chief Justice Renato Corona and Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez were impeached,
02:34it took more than a month for the Senate to pass a trial.
02:37According to Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio,
02:41the President can call for a special session for an urgent bill,
02:45where the impeachment can also be discussed.
02:48Maybe it's just a session day.
02:51Even if it's 20 days, they can do it.
02:53So they can now convene as impeachment court because they're in session.
02:59Even if the Vice President resigns before the impeachment trial,
03:02it's better to continue the litigation.
03:05If morally, mentally, or psychologically unfit,
03:09a high-ranking official in the government should be prohibited
03:14and convicted of perpetual disqualification from holding public office.
03:19But for Retired Associate Justice Adolfo Ascuna,
03:22one of the framers of the 1987 Constitution,
03:25The Constitution doesn't say that.
03:27Disqualification is just an incident after removal.
03:32If there's no removal, I don't think you can have disqualification.
03:37It's possible that the Vice President won't be removed from office
03:40even if the impeachment court finds him guilty.
03:43Removal from office and disqualification from holding any office under the Republic.
03:49That's the maximum.
03:51Even if they convict him,
03:56if they don't impose that maximum,
03:58they can just scold him and say that he's a censure or reprimand.
04:05It's clear that the 19th Congress should start the impeachment trial
04:10before their term ends on June 30.
04:13If they haven't started yet,
04:15and they started on the 20th Congress,
04:21I think there's a problem
04:23because it's possible that the congressmen who signed
04:30didn't win again
04:33and the one-third wasn't complete.
04:37The law prohibits a new complaint within one year.
04:45For GMA Integrated News,
04:47Mav Gonzales, for Tutok, 24 hours.
04:53.