VP Defense - 'di pinapayagan ng konstitusyon ang higit isang impeachment proceeding sa isang taon

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Wala pa man ang impeachment trial laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte, may pagtatalo na tungkol sa one-year ban sa mga impeachment proceeding. May argumento ang impeachment prosecutors at defense team ng bise.

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00:00The impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte is not yet over.

00:04There is a competition regarding the one-year ban on impeachment proceedings.

00:08The impeachment prosecutors and the defense team of BICE have an argument.

00:13Tina Panganiban-Perez is on the scene.

00:20The impeachment trial is not yet over.

00:23The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte and her colleagues

00:28and her opponents from the House of Representatives are on the issue.

00:32Did the House of Representatives violate the provision in the Constitution

00:36that only one impeachment proceeding can be started against an official

00:41within a year?

00:42This is one of the reasons why Duterte stopped her impeachment trial in the Senate.

00:48There were already three complaints against BICE

00:52according to her lawyers.

00:54The actions taken by the House of Representatives

00:58in respect of the three prior impeachment complaints

01:03before it decided to finally transmit what it purports to be

01:09a verified resolution is something that is not permitted by the Constitution,

01:18particularly that one-year bar rule.

01:22But some impeachment prosecutors said

01:25that the one-year rule does not start with the filing of a complaint.

01:30The one-year ban starts when the impeachment complaint is initiated.

01:35This is based on the Supreme Court's decision

01:39in the case of Francisco v. House of Representatives.

01:42Initiated under this Francisco case

01:45means the filing of the complaint endorsed by a congressman

01:50and referred to the Committee on Justice for proper disposition.

01:55So it is not the mere filing of a complaint

01:59that will trigger the one-year period.

02:03So for us, there was no grave abuse of discretion.

02:07There was no lack of due process.

02:10BICE also questioned

02:12if the Secretary General could sit down

02:15on the first three impeachment complaints.

02:18You would recall that there were already pronouncements

02:20as early as December.

02:22There were three prior complaints that were filed.

02:24There were official reports and interviews

02:28and public pronouncements that were made by the Secretary General

02:32that supposedly these three complaints were already verified

02:35and ready for transmittal to the Speaker,

02:39but never did.

02:41And then suddenly, you see a fourth impeachment complaint

02:46that was suddenly referred to the Senate

02:50on the last day of the session.

02:52The question that we're asking respectfully,

02:56the Supreme Court to decide is whether this is permitted.

02:59When the Secretary General of the House of Representatives

03:02confirmed that the Fourth Impeachment Complaint

03:05was being transmitted to the Senate,

03:08he was followed by the impeachment prosecutors.

03:11For us, there was no violation.

03:13It was actually the request of the congressmen

03:16to look further into the complaints

03:20before it be moved to the Committee on Justice.

03:25This is not the first time this has happened.

03:27This happened during President Erap's time.

03:30This also happened.

03:31Despite the court's refusal,

03:33BICE is ready to face the impeachment trial.

03:37The statement of the Vice President

03:40that she's willing to face whatever charges against him,

03:46I think that didn't change anything.

03:48It doesn't mean that she filed a petition

03:52that she doesn't want to face.

03:53For GMA Integrated News,

03:55Tina Panganiban Perez,

03:57for Tutok, 24 hours.

04:10For GMA Integrated News, I'm Tina Panganiban Perez.

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