00:00Vice President Sara Duterte confirmed that she will not attend the investigation of the NBI.
00:06According to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez,
00:14the second president has given several reasons for his lawyer's insistence.
00:20This is what Rod Lagusa reported.
00:24Vice President Sara Duterte is still a no-show in the National Bureau of Investigation.
00:29This is for the rescheduled appointment of the second president following the subpoena issued to her by the NBI.
00:35Her lawyer only came to the conclusion that Vice President Sara Duterte is not going to attend the investigation based on the advice of her lawyers.
00:43Here, the second president gave a statement that there is no advantage he made against the president.
00:48This is also included in the reason given to Vice President Sara Duterte that D.O.J. is the administrative superior of the NBI,
00:54that she is the alter ego of the president, while the executive secretary is the chief alter ego of the president of the country.
01:01NBI Director Jaime Santiago, who is part of the agency's mandate,
01:05is the one who will conduct the investigation regarding the president's abuse and other high-ranking officials of the country.
01:10The investigation will be impartial.
01:14We, the NBI, will remain the institution that will trust the people of our country, all the people.
01:23So, we will not blame her if she thinks that way.
01:27But then, we will remain, our conscience is clear that the investigation will be fair.
01:36We will not ask for anything.
01:38Vice President Sara Duterte believes that the NBI's investigation will be based on the context of the press conference that was the subject of the NBI's investigation.
01:47The NBI said that they did not receive a sworn statement or counter affidavit that is better for their investigation.
01:55According to Santiago, the investigation will be expedited if the Vice President faces them.
02:00After this, the NBI will collect the evidence.
02:03Here are the statements obtained.
02:06If nothing else, we will sit down, the panel of investigators,
02:11of course, we will sit down, we will discuss this well.
02:16But you know, it's a holiday, maybe we can only sit down twice a week and study.
02:26We are five panels, all of us are lawyers.
02:29The percentage of errors, maybe 2% of errors.
02:37Because we will only show the truth.
02:42It is possible that the NBI's recommendation to the DOJ will be released in January.
02:46But the agency is open if the counter affidavit will be sent to VP Sara while they are studying this.
02:51While it comes to the threat to the life of the Vice President.
02:55If she does not appear, she will not cooperate so that we will know who is threatening her.
03:03Because there is nothing specific.
03:07She also gave us, VP Sara, the information about this.
