00:00Meanwhile, true to their word, the House Prosecution Panel made good on its vow to obey the impeachment court's order to submit a certification showing full compliance of the constitutional requirements in its article of impeachment petition.
00:12Likewise, a copy of the manifestation and resubmission of entry of appearance was also provided.
00:17Whether such submissions satisfied the impeachment court order, the decision is pending after the Senate officially received the transmittals earlier today, as our Melales Moras reports.
00:27The House Prosecution Panel has formally submitted today two new pleadings to the Senate sitting as an impeachment court.
00:37This include a certification affirming that it fully complied with the constitutional requirements in impeaching Vice President Sara Duterte and a manifestation with resubmission of entry of appearance.
00:48That is the submission I mentioned during the press briefing that we will submit to comply with the first requirement of the return.
00:57That is the second one kasi, yung manifestation regarding the entry at cautela plus resubmission of the entry of appearance of the public prosecutors
01:07because pinunan nila that when the entry of appearance was made, the impeachment court was not yet convened. So, nirefile natin para wala nang issue.
01:17On the part of the Senate, they confirmed that they have officially received the said pleadings based on the statement released by impeachment court's Postperson Attorney Reggie Tongol.
01:25Aside from the Senate, the House also furnished copies of the documents to the Fortuna, Arvaza, and Salazar Law Offices, the legal defense team of the Vice President.
01:35According to one rider party's representative, Roj Gutierrez, in the coming days, they will also be filing a response to the answer at Cotelam,
01:43submitted by the Vice President's camp that might even be submitted earlier than the scheduled deadline.
01:48I wouldn't say po naman na it's not challenging, but it's more of, even prior to the receipt of the answer,
01:55nagprepare na rin po yung prosecution team together with consultants at the private prosecutor.
02:00So, kumbaga, nakaredy naman po. It's not so much a lax challenge, but we've been anticipating all manners of legal defenses po.
02:06Sir, pero sa side ng prosecution team, naninindigan kayo na constitutional naman lahat ng ginawa.
02:11Ah, yes, from the start. And we have our legal basis and factual basis to say na it was constitutional to begin with po.
02:18For her part, House Postperson Atty. Princess Avante also responded to some of the criticisms being directed at the House over the impeachment proceedings.
02:27Baka wisik-wisik lang daw muna, pero gusto natin magtuloy-tuloy ang trial, mapresenta na ang ebidensya.
02:36Doon lang natin malalaman yung kasagutan sa lahat ng ating tanong.
02:41Walang tinatanggihan, walang pinahihirapan. Ang gusto natin, isang trial na magawa forthwith.
02:48Melales Moras from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
