00:26Mark Salazar
00:31Mag-iinat po kayo. Baka pumamaya kasi totoo yung mga narinig namin or yung, I don't know if it's true,
00:38na meron daw silang Operation Romanovs.
00:40Huwag kang mag-alala ma'am sa security ko kasi may kinausap na ako na tao.
00:47Muling naongkat ang Operation Romanovs sa impeachment trial sa gitna ng pag-iba ng depensa sa testimonya ni NBI Regional
00:54Director Attorney Jeremy Lotto.
00:56Muling pinalabas ng depensa ang November 23, 2024 online press con ni Vice President Sara Duterte.
01:04Para ipuntong ang galit ng Bise ay reaksyon niya sa bantaro sa kanyang buhay.
01:09Ayon kay Lotto, sinubukan nilang investigahan ng banta sa buhay ng Bise at ang sinasabing Operation Romanovs.
01:16Pero hindi ito na-verifica dahil hindi rin nakipag-coordinate ang kampo ni VP Duterte.
01:21We tried to invite Princess Maui to shed light doon sa sinasabi nilang Romanovs.
01:29Since hindi ho nag-appear si Princess Maui, wala ho kaming basis.
01:34So klinasify muna namin ito ng non-validated information.
01:37Ang Romanovs ang pangalan ng pamilya ng huling Tsar ng Russia.
01:41Ipinapatay siya at ang kanyang pamilya noong 1918 na mga revolusyonaryo pagkatapos ng Russian Revolution.
01:48Sa ibinigay na konteksto ng depensa sa paglilitis,
01:52ang Operation Romanovs ay isang plano para patayin ang pamilya ni Vice President Duterte.
01:58Pero nagtataka raw si Sen. Judge Rafi Tulfo dahil si Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte Anya
02:04ang alam niyang unang gumamit ng salitang Romanovs sa isang mensahe sa Pangulo.
02:08It was Baste Duterte ang nabitaw ng salita na yon, warning sa first family.
02:14Hindi ipinalabas sa trial pero sa isang public speech nagsalita si Mayor Duterte noong January 2024.
02:21Just a simple message sa Atoang Pangulo.
02:27From now on, before you go to bed,
02:35think of the Romanovs.
02:38Think of Benito Mussolini and his wife.
02:44And think of what happened to you in 1986.
02:50And maybe you'll reconsider the direction that you are taking.
03:00Until today, when Sen. Judge Rafi Tulfo clarified
03:06na yung palang Oplan Romanovs ay threat against the first family.
03:11Ang impresyon ko since last week, nung piguusapan natin yung Oplan Romanovs,
03:15a threat ito against the Vice President.
03:18Si Sen. Judge Alan Peter Cayetano sinabing maghinay-hinay muna
03:23bago isiping pinagbantaan ni Mayor Duterte ang pamilya Marcos.
03:27There's a thin line between a warning and a threat.
03:29Mayor Baste was doing a parallel ng 1986 na paalis yung mga Marcoses via revolution.
03:35Ang Romanovs, inubos sila para nga hindi makabalik.
03:40Dagdag ni Cayetano kung totoong nagbanta ang kapatid ng Vice sa pamilya Marcos,
03:46dapat sana nagalit na ang kapatid ng Pangulo na si Sen. Aimee Marcos
03:50at dapat nagsampan ang kaso ang Presidential Security Command laban kay Mayor Duterte.
03:56Makailang ulit ding tinanong ng depensa si Atty. Loto
03:59tungkol sa mga aligasyon ng Vice laban sa nooy House Speaker Martin Romualdez
04:03sa parehong online press conference.
04:05Speaker mo, pinabayaan mo siya na busuhin ang pera ng bayan.
04:17Paikot-ikot sa buong bansa na mimigay ng pera na para bang kanya yung pera.
04:32E di ba nga? Lagi niyong sinasabi, separation of powers.
04:36Anong trabaho ng legislative branch?
04:39Gumawa ng batas.
04:41Anong ginagawa ni Martin Romualdez?
04:45Nagdeteret ng DSWD?
04:48Namimigay ng ayuda?
04:50Do you know for sure if this statement by the Vice President or any part thereof happened in real life?
04:59Based on our investigation, yes.
05:00You're admitting that Martin Romualdez goes around the country to distribute money?
05:07I have to object now, Your Honor.
05:09Compound question.
05:09Your Honor, my question is the statements or any part thereof.
05:13Objection is sustained.
05:14The witness is incompetent to testify as to the truth of the matter stated by the Vice President.
05:21Itinanggin na noon ni Romualdez sa mga paratang.
05:24Punto ng depensa, sa pagpapalabas ng video,
05:27kung walang personal knowledge si Atty. Lotok tungkol sa ibang mga sinabi ng vice sa online press conference,
05:33wala rin ba siyang personal knowledge na kumontrata nga ng asasin si Duterte para patayin ang Pangulo?
05:39If you have personal knowledge, based on this, that the Vice President really contracted an asasin?
05:46Aska na, sir.
05:47Or sorry, a person.
05:48We do believe that the Vice President had contracted, but I don't have personal knowledge.
05:55Kung personal knowledge ang gusto niyong malaman.
05:57Pero we do believe based on the evidence that we've gathered and based on our investigation.
06:02Ang prosekusyon nagkaroon muli ng pagkakataong makapagtanong para lalong makapagpaliwanag ang testigo nulang si Lotok sa tinatawag na redirect.
06:11Isang tinalakay ang tanong ng depensa tungkol sa mga pagkakamali sa ilang dokumento ng NBI gaya ng mga petsya.
06:18Sa muling pagtatanong ng prosekusyon, iginit ni Lotok na walang epekto ang mga sinasabing pagkakamali sa nakita sa video ng
06:26umano'y pagbabanta ng vice.
06:28They don't have any effect at all. Those typographical errors does not alter the fact that the video exists.
06:38It does not alter the fact that the Vice President uttered those statements.
06:42And it does not alter the fact that the findings of the NBI is that the Vice President committed the
06:48crime of grave threats and inciting to sedition.
06:53Ipinunture na hindi umano'y binawi ng vice ang kanyang banta gaya ng makikita sa isa pang video na nakunan
07:00tatlong araw matapos ang online press conference noong 2024.
07:05Pinalabas ang bahagi ng video sa impeachment court.
07:07I was asked during a press briefing by a media person if I know of these plans, if you can
07:20say the word, if that is the correct word to use here, plans.
07:25So I answered, I was asked Romanov, and then I answered, I was told by two people, this is the
07:33first time I've heard of Romanov, so that is the third already.
07:36And I said, don't worry about my security, if they kill me, if I die, kapag pinatay ako, or kapag
07:46namatay ako, in the context of, don't worry about my security.
07:50So this means, pinatay ka, diba?
07:54Kasi hindi ka naman mamamatay by heart attack in relation to your security, tiba?
08:02So, pag namatay ako, I already asked a person to take revenge against three individuals.
08:17So, giit ni Lotok lumabas sa kanilang investigasyon na nagbanta ang vice, at seryoso ito bilang siya ang ikalawang pinakamataas
08:25na opisyal ng bansa.
08:26What is the emotional state of the vice president?
08:31When we tried to connect that, in the November 23, 2024 event, and the November 26, 2024, atirances,
08:41it shows na hindi ho nagbibiro yung vice-presidente nung in-author niya yung mga atirances nung November 23,
08:49at at the same time, yung pagiging furious niya, at yun nga, yung sabi ko, yung fuming limad nung November
08:5623,
08:57dala pa niya hanggang dun sa November 26, kasi nireiterate po niya, Your Honor,
09:03at inadmit po niya na meron siyang kinausap na tao to take revenge.
09:09Did you consider that statement, that fact, that it was only in response to Princess Maus' statement, if any?
09:17Well, I don't think so, Your Honor, kasi ang, ang, ang, yung atirances, yung nature ng atirances,
09:24may kinausap na ako, ma'am, huwag kang mag-alala.
09:27So, ibig sabihin, even before the questions was asked, may kinausap na ho ang vice-presidente.
09:33There is intent on the part of the vice-president.
09:36The vice-president is determined, and so for us, that statement is concerned.
09:44At the same time, the utterances were not product of a temporary feat of anger or spare of the moment.
09:56In other words, the utterances, the threat was real, was serious, Your Honor.
10:04Ang presiding officer, ilang beses ding nagpaalala na iwasan ng abogado ng depensa at prosekusyon ang mga side comment.
10:12Are you aware that the vice-president is a lawyer?
10:15Yes, sir, of course.
10:16That he has, of course, a law degree and passed the bar exams?
10:19Yes, sir.
10:20With the first attempt and with the rating of 80%, are you aware of this?
10:24I heard it in the news, sir.
10:26She has a higher grade than most of the lawyers here.
10:29But are you aware that she also worked as a court attorney?
10:31Relevance, Your Honor. Relevance. Objection. Relevance.
10:35Counsel for the respondent, kindly avoid those discouraging statements given that there are a lot of lawyers here and you
10:41don't know what their grades are.
10:43The evidence is clear, sir.
10:47According to you.
10:48Oh, your objection, Your Honor. I move that...
10:51Wait, wait, wait, wait. We cannot let this pass.
10:53No, that is a reminder for counsel for both parties.
10:57Kindly avoid side remarks.
10:59Henceforth, the presiding officer will have it stricken off the record.
11:03And whatever question you pose and afterwards withdraw will likewise be stricken off from the records.
11:10So as to avoid any attempts at showmanship, usually seen on TV, yes, but will not be tolerated by this
11:19impeachment court.
11:21Geet naman ni Sen. Judge Caetano kay Lotok ang umano'y banta ng bise ay nakakondisyon sa kung papatayin siya
11:28ng umano'y tatlong pinagbabantaan niya na sina Pangulong Marcos, First Lady at dating House Speaker.
11:34Anya, kung hindi naman nila balak ipapatay ang bise, bakit sila matatakot?
11:39Ang sinabi ni VP Sara, pag pinatay ako, patayin silang tatlo.
11:44So kung wala naman silang tatlo balak na patayin siya, why would they feel threatened?
11:48We qualify that great threats sa term namin as event-based condition.
11:53Na yun nga, pag nangyari yung event, magtitrigger ngayon yung threat ng Vice President.
12:01Now in so far as, na-threaten sila, yung sinasabi mo po sir, na pag namatay si Vice President,
12:15tsaka papatayin ngayon ng tao na inutusan niya, yung tatlo,
12:18ang isa sa alarming, na very alarming part na nakita namin, yung mga sasakay ho na grupo po eh.
12:27Kasi, God forbid, pwedeng mawala ang vice President, but not necessarily sila yung dahilan.
12:35Pwedeng namatay siya for one reason or the other.
12:38And then, ang impression na ng marami, ang may kasalanan nito, yung tatlo.
12:43Mark Salazar, nagbabalita para sa GMA News.
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