00:00He's here, and I'd just like to emphasize and for you to think about statement of one of the senator
00:07judges who said,
00:09don't say it here. Kung meron kayong gustong sabihin, yung mga opinion niya, yung mga conclusions niya, yung mga manifestations,
00:16don't say it in the impeachment court. Say it outside. Say it through your spokesperson.
00:23Say, my personal view here, and what I say, please do not blame management, please do not blame the public
00:30prosecutors,
00:31but I would like to say that when we talk about balance and when we talk about impartiality,
00:41I guess that same standard should apply not only to the prosecutors, not only to the defense, but to the
00:49senator judges.
00:50This is not to say that we are saying that they are biased. We are saying that we have to
00:57have a balance also.
00:58Because when the senator judges make a manifestation, wala po kaming karapatan mag-object.
01:09And if the other side, for instance, if the other side, the defense, your prosecutors, makes an objection or makes
01:17a statement,
01:17pwede namin sabihin misleading your honors, pwede namin sabihin vague, pwede namin sabihin confusing, pwede namin sabihin objection, etc.
01:32Sadly, we cannot say the same. We do not have the same right to say that when it is the
01:37senator judges who make their own manifestations,
01:43who make their own opinions, who make their own conclusions of law and of fact as well.
01:50So, speaking for myself, if there is a call for balance, we are throwing back that call as well.
02:00Because, I think, we will keep quiet in court and then we will only be able to speak in the
02:10air.
02:10No, it is the right to information.
02:42No, it is the right to information.
02:43No, it is the right to information.
02:44Right to information.
02:44No, it is the right to information.
02:46Can we see it?
02:46There are no questions about that.
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