Senate Deputy Minority Leader Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, July 31, maintained her stance it would be premature for the Senate to vote for the dismissal of the proceedings of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)
00:00Maasen, no Tuesday daw po kasi meron ng plano na tumayo mag-motion to dismiss yung impeachment complaint dahil nga doon sa Supreme Court ruling.
00:09So pag nangyari po ulit yan sa August 6, ano po yung magiging action po ninyo?
00:16O pag nangyari po yan, pagde-debatihan talaga namin yan.
00:20At handa po ako, handa kami sa minority para ilatag ang bawat naming argumento, bawat naming opinion.
00:29At kung talagang ipilit sa botohan, bawat naming boto, kaugnay niyan.
00:36At personally, hanggang ngayon premature kung maghahain o pagbobotohan ang motion to dismiss.
00:44Kasi anong i-dismiss namin kung hindi pa isang pirasong ebidensya o isang warm body na witness ay narinig, di narinig pa naming mga senator judges.
00:56It's safe to say kayo po personally, sabi niyo nga po premature, so you will vote against it if it is raised on the floor on August 6?
01:06So it's safe to say that, pero ayoko namang i-preempt kung talagang gagawin na nila sa August 6 or not.
01:12Basta yan ang napagkasundoan naming peta at yan din ang pinaghahandaan naming maigi bawat isa sa amin.
01:19Okay, ma'am. Additional about impeachment.
01:22Ma'am, naglabas na po kayo ng joint statement with Senkiko and Senbam about your feelings on the ruling of the SC.
01:30May plano po ba kayo na gumawa ng isa pang joint resolution dito to express the sense of the Senate?
01:36Merong draft resolution, hindi joint resolution, pero resolution na tinatrabaho ng ilang mga senador kasama po ako.
