00:00All these needs. And that's why I started with a metaphor of all of these actors in the chessboard point
00:09to only one person, the Queen.
00:13And it is the Queen here, the Vice President.
00:17Again, Attorney Lorna, you know where you're leading to and I also know where you're leading to.
00:22Your Honor, this is preliminary to your question on who do we intend to present.
00:27Kindly answer the question, counsel.
00:30And this is why all of these pawns and castles and horses and bishops point to only one person and
00:39that accountable person is the Vice President.
00:41And that is why, Your Honor, in lieu of presenting 15 other witnesses, we will be presenting the Vice President
00:50herself.
00:53As regards use, misuse, misappropriation of confidential funds, which is Article 1 of the Articles of Impeachment.
01:08And as well, we have two remaining articles, Your Honor, the Article on Unexplained Wealth and the Article of Bribery.
01:18All of which, unless the Vice President herself appears and respects the process of this impeachment court and affirms, confirms
01:31her allegation of innocence, Your Honor,
01:36the people will never know if the prosecution's case really, based on witnesses and evidence, will point to the Senator
01:51Judges, Your Honor,
01:53exercising, looking at the evidence and the testimony with the lens of political neutrality, Your Honor.
02:06And towards the end, that impartial justice will be served.
02:09This cannot be done if no subpoena is being issued to the Vice President herself, Your Honor.
02:26You
