Cabinet members snub Senate hearing on ex-Pres. Duterte’s arrest; ES Bersamin defends gov't officials' responses to questions

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00:00Meanwhile, the chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations mocked ranking officials

00:05of the executive headed by Secretary Lucas Bersamin, who, as expected, begged off to

00:10show up for allegedly getting cold feet.

00:13Strangely enough, Bersamin's excuse alleging all questions which needed to be answered

00:18have already been satisfied and invoking executive privilege was given a pass by the Senate president.

00:25Our Daniel Manalastas has more.

00:29Based on a letter from Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin to Senate President Chiz Escudero,

00:34he argued that executive privilege applies in proceedings like the Senate Committee on

00:39Foreign Relations regarding the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.

00:43Bersamin already insisted that government officials answered all the questions to the

00:47best of their knowledge regarding the issue.

00:51Government officials snubbed the hearing.

00:52But if Escudero would be asked, executive privilege is allowed particularly for executive

00:58branch officials not to answer or attend the hearing.

01:22Because of that, some senators want to issue a subpoena to those who skipped the hearing.

01:27But according to Escudero, it will be studied by the Senate legal team first.

01:44During the hearing, Senator Aimee Marcos, meanwhile, named alleged ICC personnel who

02:19made his first Senate appearance since former President Duterte's arrest.

02:25And despite of the possible issuance of a warrant from the ICC, he is mulling the possibility

02:31of actually visiting the former president in the Dahig.

02:45Escudero meanwhile believes that there is not enough reason to consider that the government

02:49is hiding something.

02:50Daniel Manalanskas from the National TV for a new and better Philippines.

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