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The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte said in a press briefing on Wednesday, Sept. 2, that the number of objections raised by the panel during yesterday's impeachment trial were not intended to delay or derail the proceedings, but depended on the questions asked by the prosecution panel. (Video courtesy of OVP)

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00:00Attorney, yung kanina po, medyo paraming po yung objections ni attorney Shia Sison,
00:05the defense strategy po, and number two, follow up on that,
00:08ano pong paningin ng defense?
00:09Do you care about impeachment trial with regard to sustaining those objections?
00:14Kasi pasi po sa bilan namin, we would say mga 97-98% of the objections have been sustained.
00:21Okay.
00:24The matter of the number, I hope the defense will be clarified.
00:29And even, I guess, the prosecution to some extent, although I really cannot speak for them.
00:33But as for the defense, or for any lawyer for that matter,
00:37it's not the strategy of a lawyer to decide how many objections one will raise on a certain trial date.
00:43Hindi naman po kami pumapasok sa trial na iniisip po namin,
00:47today I'll raise a lot of objections, tomorrow maybe a few.
00:51I guess what the public should understand, at maunawaan po natin,
00:54is our objections and the number of our objections will always depend sa mga tanong ng kabila.
01:01So if we find the questions raised by the opposing side objectionable,
01:08we raise it, and we respect the decision of the presiding officer to sustain it or not.
01:13So it's not our strategy to raise voluminous objections on a certain day.
01:20It just depends on what comes and what arises during the trial.
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