Potential witnesses vs impeached VP Duterte being 'lined up'--Chua

Manila Bulletin

The House prosecution team is now "lining up potential witnesses" against Vice President Sara Duterte for her upcoming Senate impeachment trial, says Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua. (Video courtesy of House of Representatives)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/10/potential-witnesses-vs-impeached-vp-duterte-being-lined-up-chua-1  Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5664f6TkaeHgwBly50DWZQ/join  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00First of all, I would like to clarify that impeachment is not like a criminal case that proves beyond reasonable doubt.

00:14Justice Isagani Cruz said that impeachment is a method of national inquest into the conduct of public men.

00:30So what this means is that the conduct of the officials, especially the impeachable officers, is being looked at.

00:44Because they have a high position and the conduct that they are asking for should also be high.

00:53That is why they were chosen.

00:56So in any event, if they are convicted, they will not be imprisoned here.

01:04Although, of course, that does not mean that they cannot be prosecuted.

01:09That is why I believe that based on what we have laid out in the committee hearing,

01:16based on what people have seen in the live video where he threatened our President, the First Lady, and the Speaker of the House,

01:32I believe that the evidence is strong to convict him of impeachment.

01:41We are not yet talking about specific strategies.

01:48Because first of all, there are many private law firms that are volunteering to help.

01:58So we will first decide what private lawyers we will include here.

02:05So we will wait for this to happen and of course, we will ask for their opinions.

02:12Right now, we are still in preparation.

02:15So that in the event that the Senate suddenly calls,

02:22or at least, we will continue to collect evidence so that our case will become stronger.

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