00:04This is the impeachment trial of the impeachment trial.
00:30Prosecution na itadrop na nila yung tatlong Articles of Impeachment.
00:34Dalawa dito, naipresenta na ang ebidensya.
00:37Yan ay tungkol sa grave threats at confidential funds.
00:40Pagkatapos yung Article 3 tungkol sa bribery.
00:43Nasurpresa ang ilang mga senador at kahit ang depensa sa desisyon niyan ng Prosecution.
00:50Third, why one article is enough?
00:54The prosecution believes it has presented sufficient evidence for Article 2 to stand on its own.
01:06All in po tayo dito.
01:25Now, if the withdrawal is intended to shorten the proceedings of this case,
01:31then we believe that the resulting process would bear the unmistakable characteristics of a misdrial.
01:41A proceeding in which the fundamental balance between accusation and defense has been so seriously compromised.
01:49Sabi pa ni Atty. Sison, paano yan? Narinig na ng taong bayan ang akusasyon laban sa vice,
01:55tapos hindi siya bibigyan ng pagkakataon na kontrahin ito sa korte.
02:00Nagsagutan dyan si Atty. Sison at Congressman Luistro.
02:04If the desire of the defense is to be able to share all the pieces of evidence that they have,
02:13there are a lot of platforms which they may consider, Your Honor,
02:17if the intention only is to share this publicly.
02:22It is unbelievable, boy.
02:23And to be honest, it is unacceptable.
02:27Does the prosecution really want the respondent na puta lang ang respondent sa Facebook matapos nilang sirain
02:42ang vice-presidente sa harap ng publiko?
02:48Sa tingin ko, hindi natin kailangan ng higit pang patunay na something really, really wrong is going on here.
02:56Sa dulo, pinayagan ng korte na bawiin ang prosecution yung Article 1, 3 at 4.
03:02Pero dahil nagamit na yung Article 1 at 4, sabi ng korte, hindi na pwedeng i-file ulit yan sa
03:08Senate Impeachment Court.
03:09Tapos sabi ni Presiding Officer Chisa Scudero tungkol sa pagdepensa ng vice,
03:15hindi na sakop ng subjudice rule yung mga ebidensya at merito ng Article 1 at 4.
03:23Ibig sabihin, pwede nang magkomento sa mga ebidensyang ito ang magkabilang panig.
03:29Pero tingin dyan ang defense na kalamang parang free for all na yan.
03:33Pero paliwanag ni Escudero para yan sa vice.
03:36What is this called in ordinary parlance?
03:40Ang FFA, a free for all.
03:46A free for all type of accusing.
03:53The respondent anywhere and everywhere.
03:58Pinagbawal nang ang pagtanggol yung sarili sa loob ng hukuman.
04:02Bawal pa rin pagtanggol yung sarili sa labas.
04:05Then that would really be definitely unfair.
04:08The reason behind the relaxing of Rule 18
04:11was more to afford actually the respondent
04:17to respond in the manner she may deem fit.
04:23Both in this courtroom, again subject to the objections to rulings of the court, and outside.
04:30So the intention was really not for it to be a free for all.
04:34So what we know so far, isang article na lamang,
04:38ang article sa Unexplained Wealth,
04:40ang iaharap ng prosekusyon laban sa vice-presidente,
04:44at dyan lamang mag-de-desisyon yung mga Senate Impeachment Court.
04:48Dyan na lamang din magsusumite ng formal offer of evidence
04:52ang prosekusyon sa loob ng 10 araw.
04:55Binigyan din yung defense ng 10 araw para magkomento dyan
04:59kung ano yung haharangi nila
05:01o papayagan ng nilang ebidensya on that article.
05:05Magde-desisyon dyan ng Korte
05:07at inaasang sa November 9 na magsisimula ang kampo ng vice
05:10na maghain ng kanila namang ebidensya
05:14pagkatapos ng prosekusyon.
05:16That's what we know so far.
05:17Joseph Morong, GMA News.
