00:00In other news, the impeachment trial of the sitting Vice President is on and will officially be taken up when the 20th Congress officially opens its session next month.
00:09Still, the Senate President had to shed light on a few issues concerning the latest motion filed by the Vice President seeking to dismiss the charges against her.
00:17Our Daniel Manalastas tells us more.
00:18The Senate President Jesus Cudero maintained that the Senate Impeachment Court still has the jurisdiction on Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment case.
00:30This is in light of Vice President Duterte's answer ad cautelum to the Impeachment Court that there are no articles of impeachment presently in the court.
00:40It can be recalled that the articles of impeachment was remanded or returned to the House of Representatives.
00:46Argumento yan ang isang panig. Subalit, I refer you back to the order itself. Pakibasa na lang po yung order dahil nakalagay naman dun, di ba? Return without dismissing nor terminating the case.
01:02Another question floated whether the impeachment court can dismiss the Vice President's impeachment case, according to Escudero.
01:10Possibly yun, pero ayokong pangunahan ang impeachment court. Yan din yung parehong nirace niya ng Vice President sa Korte Suprema sa pagkakaunawa ko.
01:20Simple majority ang kinakailangan sa lahat ng butohan, two-thirds ang kailangan to convict or acquit.
01:26But it begs the question, kung may simple majority ka to dismiss, for example, then impossible ka na maka two-thirds.
01:35Lahat naman nga kasi talaga, posible. Uliting ko ha, pero pwede rin naman, babalik ta rin ko, pwede rin may magmoson.
01:44Liga na, huwag na tayo magtrial, convict na natin ngayon ha.
01:47Hindi ka na also move that. I cannot prevent that from happening. But I will not vote for that.
01:52Escudero meanwhile retaliated against the critics of the Senate's handling of the ongoing impeachment.
01:58Gigil na gigilan sila. Sorry. Hindi ko trabaho, pawiin yun. Nanggigigilan talaga sila dahil yung proseso, ulitin ko.
02:09Gaya ng sinabi ko nung nagsimula tayo kanina, lahat nung sinabi ko naman nung Pebrero palang pag-file, nagawa lahat yun ng Senado.
02:18Escudero also lashed out at the House Prosecution Team regarding the documents they needed to submit.
02:24Sa tigas ng ulo nila, ayaw nga tumanggap ng pleading, so hindi na ako magugulat kung gagawin mo nila yun.
02:31Liri mo, pagtanggap lang ng order, pagtanggap ng pleading, pagtanggap ng answer, pagtanggap ng appearance, pati yun, papahirapan.
02:38So hindi na ako magugulat sa totoo lang.
02:40Pero makikita-kita kami sa tamang panahon, kaugnay sa mga ganyang ginagawa nila sa panahon ito.
02:46Hindi ko maintindihan sila yung gigil na gigil na gawin ito, tapos pagdating sa pagtanggap ng mga kopya para magpatuloy na, eh bakit pinapahirapan yung mga process servers.
02:56The House Prosecution Panel has until noon of June 30 to reply to the answer ad cautelam petition of the camp of Bipisara.
03:06But Escudero clarified, this is not mandatory.
03:09Daniel Malastas from the National TV for a new and better Philippines.
