00:00Various groups filed an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:05The House Secretary General assured that it will go through a fair and just process.
00:10Mela Lesmora with the report.
00:15The House Secretary General Reginald Velasco assured that the impeachment complaint filed against Vice President Sara Duterte will go through a fair and just process.
00:27Yesterday, Velasco personally accepted the complaint filed by several civil society organizations, religious leaders,
00:35sectoral representatives, and several relatives of the victims of the war on drugs during the administration.
00:41This was endorsed by ACT-Bayan Partylist Representative Percival Zendaya and supported by former Senator Laila Delima.
00:49For a few, President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr. said that the administration's priority is not to impeach the Vice President,
00:58especially since it will only interfere with the work of the Congress.
01:02Velasco explained that it is their duty under the Constitution to file impeachment complaints against them.
01:11The House of Representatives remains committed to conducting the proceedings with transparency, impartiality, and full respect for the rule of law.
01:23In the complaint filed by the complainants against the Vice President,
01:28among the grounds based on the complaint are the culpable violation of the Constitution and graft and corruption,
01:36bribery, betrayal of public trust, and other high crimes.
01:40They have to give this complaint a fair chance and a fair day in court.
01:46This impeachment complaint is important so that the real step process towards holding the Vice President accountable can begin.
01:56What we need to remember is simple. If not now, then when?
02:02But Section Velasco thinks that the time is not enough this year to file an impeachment complaint.
02:08The complainants' field still hopes that this can be resolved, especially since they have a strong basis for their complaint.
02:16The law must be lightened. The law must be lightened.
02:20If you want, there is a way. And that way is to punish those who abuse the power and rob the people of the country.
02:31The other members of the House of Representatives also agreed that they will think carefully about their vote on the complaint.
02:38If there is an impeachment complaint, the merits of that complaint will depend on the substance.
02:45I hope we don't forget the fact that impeachment is based on grounds. This is not on personality.
02:49It's about the facts that attend the circumstance. The facts and circumstances surrounding an alleged violation.
02:56Melales Moras for Pambansan TV in Bagong, Philippines.
