Speaker A
Philippine congressional leaders deny allegations lawmakers were coerced to find probable cause to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte.
Sara Duterte's camp calls House impeachment hearings unconstitutional amid allegations and defense rebuttals ahead of May 11 vote.
Key Takeaways
- The impeachment hearings are highly contested with constitutional and procedural disputes.
- Defense claims the evidence and process are flawed and politically motivated.
- The House Justice Committee has found probable cause despite defense objections.
- A significant House vote is required to proceed with impeachment and Senate trial.
- Political tensions and accusations of coercion surround the impeachment process.
Summary
- Sara Duterte's defense team claims the House impeachment hearings are unconstitutional and exceed the committee's mandate.
- Lawyers argue the hearings are a fishing expedition and that evidence presented is curated and taken out of context.
- Vice President Duterte's lawyers plan to address allegations in proper legal fora outside the House hearings.
- House Justice Committee found probable cause in two impeachment complaints against Duterte.
- House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Leila de Lima supports the impeachment process and defends the evidence's authenticity.
- Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte denies allegations of coercion involving district fund threats related to impeachment votes.
- A vote of at least 106 House members is needed to impeach Duterte and send the articles to the Senate for trial.
- The House Committee on Justice is expected to vote on the impeachment report and articles before the plenary vote on May 11.
- The impeachment complaints include allegations of inciting sedition and grave threats against the Vice President.
- The defense team highlights procedural and constitutional issues with the impeachment process.
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Speaker A
The Vice President's defense team accuses the House Justice Committee of exceeding its mandate. Vivian Guliya reports.
Speaker B
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte insists the impeachment hearings are unconstitutional.
Speaker B
Duterte's lawyers also say they were not surprised with the finding of probable cause in the two impeachment complaints by the House Justice Committee.
Speaker C
Doon sa naging petisyon natin sa Korte Suprema, sinasabi natin doon, unconstitutional 'yung ginagawang pagdinig dahil nga lumalampas na 'to sa tingin natin sa klaw ng initiation ng impeachment. So ang tingin na kasi natin dito, 'yung mga bagay na napag-uusapan ay really dapat sa trial na nangyayari.
Speaker D
We followed all the rules carefully. Kaya nga 'yung leadership, si Chairman, sobrang strict niya sa questioning. We were just doing our job to to establish the evidence.
Speaker B
One of Duterte's lawyers said the impeachment hearings at the lower chamber proved to be a fishing expedition aimed at giving a semblance of substance to the complaints which he tagged as defective.
Speaker B
Attorney Paul Lawrence Lim added, they will address the allegations against Duterte in the proper fora.
Speaker E
Ninyo, may kinausap na ako na tao. Sinabi ko sa kanya, 'Kapag pinatay ako, patayin mo si BBM, si Lisa Araneta at si Martin Romualdez.' No joke. No joke.
Speaker B
He also criticized the video presented as evidence in the impeachment hearing to support allegations of inciting to sedition and grave threats against the Vice President, saying the evidence is curated, spliced, the context was ignored, and guesswork was presented as investigation results.
Speaker F
The video speaks for itself. Sana lang nag-participate sila sa Justice Committee para they were able to present their evidence.
Speaker B
House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Leila de Lima, an endorser of one of the impeachment complaints, rejected assertions Duterte's threat video was spliced and taken out of context.
Speaker B
De Lima maintains the context was clear and the video was authenticated by the National Bureau of Investigation.
Speaker B
She adds the impeachment proceeding is the proper forum and not press releases.
Speaker B
Ahead of the House plenary vote on the articles of impeachment, Davao City First District Representative Paolo Duterte claimed the staff of a certain Charise have been calling the chiefs of staff of House members to vote for his sister's impeachment, otherwise Duterte says the funds of their districts in the General Appropriations Act will be cut.
Speaker G
I think it speaks for itself. They are siblings. There's nothing like that. How can we allocate, it's already in the GAA, the only way it can change is for it to go through Congress again.
Speaker F
I deny that allegation. Anticipated 'yan na they will be commenting a lot of negative things.
Speaker B
On Monday, the House Committee on Justice is expected to tackle and vote on the committee report, resolution, and articles of impeachment against Duterte before submitting them to the House plenary.
Speaker B
A vote of at least 106 or a third of House members is needed to affirm the committee's decision, impeach the Vice President, and elevate the articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial. That vote is expected on May 11th. Vivian Guliya, ABS-CBN News.
Topics:Sara DuterteimpeachmentHouse Justice CommitteePhilippine politicsconstitutional issuesimpeachment hearingsLeila de LimaDavao CityVice PresidentABS-CBN News
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