00:00As far as Senator Risa Ontiveros is concerned, there is nothing more to talk about on the issue of jurisdiction over the impeachment trial,
00:08given the complaint has been transmitted to and received by the Senate.
00:13But staunch Duterte allies, Senators Ronald De La Rosa and Alan Peter Cayetano,
00:19are contemplating separate pathways to a dismissal by way of a Senate plenary vote,
00:24which our Daniel Manalastas dwells on at length in this report.
00:30For Senator Risa Ontiveros, jurisdiction on Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment should not be an issue at all.
00:40Ontiveros is prepared to engage her colleagues in a debate in case some of them raise this issue.
00:46Settled na po yun sa ilang disisyon ng Korte Suprema bukod pa sa utos ng Constitution.
00:53Tingin ko, ang tama ay once acquired na ang jurisdiction ng impeachment complaint ng Korte, which we did,
01:02eh nagpapatuloy yung jurisdiction na yan.
01:05Para sa akin, non-issue yung jurisdiction.
01:08Pero kung may magre-race pa rin, handa kaming idebate yan.
01:12Ontiveros, meanwhile, isn't in favor of Sen. Ronald De La Rosa's stand that the 20th Congress Senate should also be asked if they want to continue the impeachment trial.
01:23Wala akong alam ng Korte na once na nakakuha ng jurisdiction, ay magpapatanong sa kung sino pa kung may jurisdiction siya o wala.
01:36Usually ang Korte, I would suppose, ang Senado bilang impeachment trial court, seloso sa jurisdiction.
01:42Nasa kamay na nga namin, eh, bakit pa namin isusuko yun, di ba?
01:48Ontiveros insisted that the impeachment mandate of the Senate is constitution-based
01:53and any impeachment issue should be raised to the Senate impeachment court and not to the Senate as legislative body.
02:01It can be recalled that De La Rosa hinted what he might actually do regarding the impeachment case once the session opens.
02:09Ito tanong ko rin na tinanong natin yung House of Representatives, why not ask ourselves also?
02:17Tanongin rin natin yung Senate of the 20th Congress kung are they willing to be bound by the actions of the previous Senate of the 19th Congress.
02:31So I am asking the Senate, not the impeachment court.
02:34Tanjian Manonastas from the National TV for a new and better Philippines.
