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Impeachment Court Spokesperson Atty. Regie Tongol acknowledged public calls during a press conference on Friday, July 10, for faster proceedings, but stressed it must strictly follow evidence rules, court procedures, and Senate impeachment guidelines.

He explained the process is formal and must uphold the rights of all parties, including the respondent. To speed up the trial, the court will encourage both sides to agree on undisputed facts such as witness credentials to cut redundant questioning. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)

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00:00The impeachment court is aware of those kinds of sentiments. However, we also have to ensure that we are able
00:10to comply with the rules of evidence, and the rules of court that are supposedly applicable, and the Senate impeachment
00:20rules.
00:21So, even if we want to do an ordinary investigation, like those who are watching, the court processes are not
00:37that way. The court process is extremely formal.
00:41That's why we, as a public, are only in this court process. So, while they are free to say those
00:53sentiments and opinions, however, the court has to uphold the rights of all parties.
01:00And part of the ensuring that there is due process and the correspondence of the respondent is the following the
01:14laws, rules, and rules of evidence that the Supreme Court has issued.
01:20So, it's a hard balancing act, but perhaps what the court will do moving forward is to exert more effort
01:33into trying to ask the parties to stipulate on matters that both parties have no contention.
01:43So, for example, as to the identity of the witness or credentials of the witness, maybe it may not be
01:52a step-by-step question of the council that has been presented.
01:59Maybe it may just say, can't you just stipulate that he is an NBI regional director?
02:11So, I think that that also can save some time so that the process is faster.
02:35So, of course, the process is to use an NBI region of the document that has been presented with the
02:36Sizedekra and the other of this.
02:36You can see that there are certain nations of the witnesses you want to open the law.
02:37So, you can see that there will be more of an NBI region of theиса which you can see later
02:37on.
02:37You can see there will be more of an NBI region of the T-R252 of the system of the
02:37Mark Rivers.
02:37And then, in fact, you can see them in the F-R253 of the system.
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