00:00Muling dumulog sa Korte Suprema ang isang grupo ng mga abogado para pigilan ang impeachment trial ni Vice President Sara
00:06Duterte.
00:07At kaugling niyan, kausapin natin si Atty. Israelito Torion, isa sa mga petitioner.
00:11Magandang umag at welcome po sa Balitang Hali.
00:14Hello, hello. Magandang hapon po sa kanilang lahat.
00:20Opo, ano po yung basehen nyo doon sa hiling nyo sa Korte Suprema na maglabas ng status quo anti-order
00:25para pigilan itong impeachment trial ng Vice President?
00:28Hindi totally tigilan ha. Kinwestiyon lamang natin yung pag-appoint po ng presiding officer.
00:35I hope the public will understand that we are just sticking to constitutional provisions.
00:40Kasi nga po, medyo mali at constitutionally defective talaga itong ginagawa natin ngayon sa impeachment proceedings na dalawa yung ating
00:51presiding officer.
00:52Mawalang galang na po. Yung isa parang tayong isa presiding officer po.
00:57Sa ating tingin po ay labag po yan sa konstitusyon natin, specifically Article 11, Section 3, Paragraph 6,
01:05which states that kung ang presidente ang mag-preside,
01:09kung ang presidente ang subject na impeachment, chief justice,
01:13all other officers po, kinakailangan yung Senate President.
01:17Eh, bakit tayo mag-elect ng presiding officer na wala po yun sa ating konstitusyon, wala po yun sa ating
01:26mga batas?
01:27And yung pag-amend po ng rules of procedure, rule 2 of the impeachment trial po,
01:35ginawa yun on June 3 of 2026. Wala pong quorum. 12 po sila.
01:40Pangalawa po, eh, yung amendment po ay labag po sa, ano, sa batas mismo.
01:47Sa rules of procedure ng Senado, section 136, rule 51,
01:53na nagsasaad na kung may motion po na i-amend doon sa rules of procedure ng Senado,
02:00dapat ipadala yun the day beforehand.
02:02So, dapat June 2. Eh, June 3 kaagad-agad. 12 lang sila. O, defective na naman.
02:07Pangatlo po, eh, pinasa po yun at the time when the Senate was acting in its ordinary function
02:14and not as an impeachment court.
02:16Eh, the impeachment court was already constituted on May of 2026.
02:21So, dapat doon sana, prinisenta yun.
02:24Kasi magkaiba ang impeachment court as a Senate kaysa a Senate in its ordinary function.
02:30So, yun po ang mga kapasihanan, ang ating dynamic na rason.
02:36Kasi, everyday we are spending 25 million pesos more or less dyan sa proseso na yan.
02:41Eh, baka ma-aboy dyan.
02:44Eh, baka doon naman niya ulit later yung impeachment proceeding ni, ah, ah, kakara.
02:50Attorney, ano ba sa palagay niyo yung implikasyon doon sa paghalal
02:54ng Senate impeachment court sa isang presiding officer imbis na yung Senate president?
02:58It infects the entire process because a presiding officer has, ah, you know, a wide and massive role
03:08in the impeachment proceeding.
03:10It can determine admissibility, relevancy.
03:12It can even enforce, ah, order the sergeant at arms to enforce its rules of procedure and its ruling.
03:20So, ah, lahat po ng ginagawa, every ruling ng presiding officer ay possibly pong ma-question later.
03:27At baka sasabihin later na nal-unvoid lahat itong ginagawa.
03:31Eh, baka gawain na naman itong rason later on na mag-file na naman ng another impeachment proceeding
03:37against kay VP Sarah.
03:39Naggagisto tayo, masasayang ang ating mga gasto sa ating mga oras na infectious naman pala yun.
03:45Void naman pala yung proceeding po natin.
03:47Sana po naiintindihan po ng ating mamamayang Pilipino ang ating ginagawa.
03:52Tinatama natin ang grabing mali dito.
03:56Bagama tinintay pa po natin yung decision ng Korte Suprema dito sa inyong motion,
04:00ay possibly ho bang kapag hindi umayon sa inyong Korte Suprema?
04:04Pwede pa rin bang questionin ninyo?
04:06Or either way, may meron pa rin kayong idudulog sa Korte Suprema
04:10patungkol sa nangyayaring impeachment trial?
04:13We are hoping and praying that the Supreme Court will act on our manifestation with motion.
04:20Kasi this is a constitutionally mandated proceeding which is violated now by the present Senate.
04:27And we are hoping that it would act.
04:30Ang amin namang pinipray dito na in the meantime,
04:34klaruhin ito, in-elect nila yung Senate President.
04:39Kung gusto nila na magpatuloy ito,
04:42hindi yung Senate President yung what to call this,
04:45mag-preside kasi yun ang nakalagay sa ating batas.
04:47At para wala ng question later on,
04:50baka ipa null and void ito,
04:52baka mag-file na naman sila ulit,
04:53masasayang yung gastos natin.
04:55Kung hindi ito aksyonan ng Korte Suprema,
04:57at least ginawa ko yung aking role as a lawyer and as a law dean
05:00in order supposedly to set things straight.
05:05Kung natit sana yung procedure.
05:07Pursued to the 1987 Constitution.
05:09Of course, yung pag-elect po ng Senate President,
05:11decision po yan ng Senado mismo.
05:13Reaction nyo po doon sa pahayag ni House Deputy Speaker Paulo Ortega
05:16na bread and butter down ng inyong grupo,
05:18yung pag-file ng TRO?
05:19Nako, grabe naman yan na akusasyon na yan.
05:22Sila nga yung inaakusahan na maleta,
05:24we are doing this pro bono.
05:26So, lahat ng mga petitioners dito,
05:29mga kasama ko sa opisina,
05:31yung iba, sila Martin Delgra,
05:34si former Budget Secretary Wendel Abisado,
05:39wala po yung mga bayad po.
05:41Matinding akusasyon yan na dapat hindi sinasabi
05:45kung walang ebidensya.
05:46Sa kanila, may ebidensya nga eh.
05:48Maleta-maleta na pera,
05:50wala nga investigasyon yung dapat na ipa-impeach,
05:53wala, hindi nga ginagawa.
05:54Dito tayo sa isang vice-presidente
05:57na wala namang salay.
05:58Itong nagsasayang tayo ng oras,
06:00ng pera,
06:01na wala namang kabuluhan.
06:05It's a do over nothing.
06:07Bukod po dito sa pag-elect ng isang presiding officer,
06:10may nakikita po ba kayong ibang posibleng maidulog
06:13na reklamo sa Korte Suprema
06:15patungko sa nangyayaring impeachment trial?
06:17We already filed that it is pending in the Supreme Court.
06:21If you remember,
06:21there are four impeachment complaints this year
06:24filed against the vice-president.
06:26Yung third and fourth complaint po,
06:29yung minadali at
06:34final talaga ng House of Representatives.
06:37And all of that is pending in the Supreme Court.
06:42But I hope and pray that the congressman,
06:44whoever that congressman is,
06:46would not accuse us of business matters.
06:51Sila po ang dapat akusahan dito
06:53kasi grabe yung ebidensya against them.
06:56Maleta-maleta na pera na napupunta sa kanilang bulsa.
07:00Sila dapat ang ikasuhan at hindi yung vice-presidente.
07:06Wala naman silang ginagawa.
07:07Kasi nga, I don't know.
07:10Samantalay na po namin,
07:11kumusta po at nasan ngayon?
07:12Si Sen. Rabato de la Rosa,
07:14meron mo ba kayong komunikasyon sa kanya?
07:16No, I have not.
07:18Him, I communicate with his family and his staff.
07:34Well, he is a nationalist.
07:38He loves his country very much.
07:39I would assume and presume
07:41that he is monitoring the events
07:44that are happening in the Senate.
07:46And I'm sure his heart is bleeding
07:49that he cannot participate
07:51simply because of the fact
07:52that the present administration is insisting
07:54that we are still part of the Rome Statute,
07:57that we are still,
07:58that ICC still has jurisdiction over us.
08:01Pero ganyan ang pangyayari sa ating bansa ngayon.
08:04So mag-pray na lang tayo kay Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala
08:07that something good will happen in our country.
08:09Okay, maraming salamat po
08:11sa oras niya binahagi niyo sa Balitang Halit.
08:13Salamat, salamat.
08:14Yan po si Atty. Israelito Torion.
08:16Susubukat po namin hinga ng pahayag
08:18ngang si Congressman Ortega
08:19kaugnay sa pahayag ni Atty. Torion.
08:21Samantala,
08:22sabi kahapon ng tagapagsalita
08:24ng Senate Impeachment Court,
08:25iginagalang nila ang karapatan
08:27ng sinuman na questionin sa Korte
08:29ang impeachment trial.
08:30Kung maglabas man ang PRO
08:31o anumang utos ang Korte Suprema,
08:34pagbabotohan daw yan
08:35ng Senate Impeachment Court.
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