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00:00The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte was initiated by a person who defied the 1987 Constitution and some laws that should have been implemented immediately.
00:11Senate President Cheese Escudero said that the impeachment trial will only begin if the President will call for a special session.
00:20Breaking news, by Bav Gonzalez.
00:23If President Bongbong Marcos is the one who will call for a special session to discuss the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, the Senate will not be able to do anything if this is wrong.
00:36But...
00:37Will we get that favor? Or will I get that favor?
00:41Not in emphasis, because I repeat, I don't want to contradict the special...
00:45He did not receive any call from the President or the House of Representatives.
00:50That's why Escudero said that there is no need for a special session to start the impeachment trial.
00:56I have no plan. What is the reason why it is necessary? Is it because it is special? Is it because we are in a hurry? Is it because some sectors are very angry and want to start the trial immediately?
01:06I believe that there should be justice so that there won't be any instability and so that there won't be any doubt that it will be passed by the impeachment court when the time comes.
01:17That's why Escudero asked the congressmen why they delayed the process of filing an impeachment complaint.
01:23We have a job that we need to do under the law that we don't need to wait for something that, I repeat, they have been waiting for more than two months.
01:33Second, for me, there are things that the Senate needs to do before we can start the trial.
01:41We are not blaming anyone. We are not saying that we will start the trial immediately.
01:45The only thing that the Constitution says is that there is no condition in our Constitution on when we can start the trial.
01:55The only condition is that we can start the trial as soon as possible.
01:57Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel said that if there is a special session, the impeachment proceedings and the passing of the priority laws of the administration will be faster.
02:07There should be a sense of urgency. Even though it doesn't mean that the impeachment complaint should be accepted immediately,
02:14it is not forthwith if it will be passed in three and a half months.
02:19Escudero's answer?
02:20Vice President Sara Duterte is not special.
02:24The position of the Vice President is not special.
02:26For her, we can make it easier.
02:28For the Chief Justice, no.
02:30For the Ombudsman, no.
02:31They are both impeachable officers under the Constitution.
02:36They should be treated equally.
02:38During the impeachment of former Chief Justice Renato Corona and Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez,
02:44it took more than a month for the Senate to pass the trial.
02:47According to Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio,
02:51the President can call for a special session for an urgent bill and the impeachment can be discussed there.
02:58Maybe it's just a session day.
03:01Even if it's 20 days, it can be done.
03:03So they can now convene as impeachment court because they are in session.
03:09Even if the Vice President resigns before the impeachment trial,
03:12it is hoped that the litigation will continue.
03:15If morally, mentally, or psychologically unfit,
03:19a high-ranking official in the government,
03:21should be prohibited and convicted of perpetual disqualification from holding public office.
03:29But for Retired Associate Justice Adolfo Ascuna,
03:32one of the framers of the 1987 Constitution,
03:35The Constitution doesn't say that.
03:37Disqualification is just an incident after removal.
03:42If there's no removal, I don't think you can have disqualification.
03:47It's possible that the Vice President will not be removed from office even if the impeachment court finds him guilty.
03:53Removal from office and disqualification from holding any office under the Republic.
03:59That's the maximum.
04:01Even if they convict him,
04:06if they don't impose that maximum,
04:09they can just scold him.
04:11They can say that he's a censure or reprimand.
04:15It's clear that the 19th Congress should start the impeachment trial
04:20before their term ends on June 30.
04:23If they haven't started it yet,
04:25and they started it on the 20th Congress,
04:31I think there's a problem.
04:33Because it's possible that the congressmen who signed it didn't win again.
04:44And the one-third is not complete.
04:47It's prohibited by the Constitution to have a new complaint within one year.
04:55Mav Gonzalez reporting for GMA Integrated News.