00:01Witness Roderick Wamil disputes Sen. Judge Aimee Marcos' interpretation that Vice President Sara Duterte is not the accountable officer in
00:09relation to her office's confidential funds.
00:11Marcos claims it should be the disbursing officer during the 13th day of Duterte's impeachment trial.
00:17But Wamil says,
00:19That is not entirely correct, Your Honor.
00:21Both Wamil and Marcos cite the joint memorandum circular on auditing confidential and intelligence funds to support their respective views.
00:28Ang liwanag sa inyong joint circular that the special disbursing officer is the one who was designated by the head
00:38of agency to have custody, diba?
00:41And in the case of the OVP, si Acosta yun. In the case of DepEd, hindi ba si Faharda yun?
00:48Wamil says it is the responsibility of the head of the agency to approve the cash advances, oversee agency-wide
00:54utilization, and to ensure compliance with the joint circular.
00:58Marcos reacts and says,
01:00Mag yes or no ka lang kanina ka pa eh, naaway mo ko lagi eh.
01:03Amid the heated discussion, Marcos' staff advises her to cite the witness in contempt.
01:08Law expert Maria Lulu Reyes says in a Rappler panel interview,
01:12none of the provisions for a contempt citation was met in the case of Wamil.
01:16Reyes also adds, Marcos should have been called out for her behavior, which the lawyer described as badgering the witness.
01:23Diba? In the future, there should be minimum standards that they all agree on, meaning the senators, as to how
01:33they should treat witnesses.
01:35After all, these witnesses are witnesses for the people.
01:39Diba?
01:39Diba?
01:40Diba?
01:40Diba?
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