00:00Magmabalik po unang balita, pag-usapan natin ang pag-atras ng tatlo sa apat na articles of impeachment
00:05laman kay Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:08Maka-usap po natin ngayong umaga ang isa sa mga abogado ng defense team, Attorney Justin Gular.
00:13Attorney Gular, Sir, good morning. Welcome sa unang balita.
00:17Good morning, Sir Ivan. Maraming salamat po sa pag-imbita sa amin sa programan niyo po.
00:22At good morning din po sa mga nakasunod po sa programan niyo.
00:25Attorney, ano ba ang epekto nitong pag-atras ng prosecution ng tatlong articles of impeachment sa strategy ng defense team?
00:34Well, I think it was clear naman po nung hearing na ang pag-atras po ng prosecution sa strategy
00:42ay dapat hindi maka-apekto sa strategy at sa mga indensyon ng depensa kung ano mang ebedensya yung ipre-present
00:50nila.
00:50I think ito po yung klarong sinabi po ng lead defense counsel namin na si Attorney Sheila Cison
00:57na kung may iaatras man na artikulo yung prosecution at gagawa ng desisyon ng prosecution.
01:06Dapat mo hindi ito maka-apekto sa strategy at sa mga plano ng depensa
01:11habang nagde-develop po yung proseso ng impeachment.
01:15Ang sabi ho ng prosecution, si VP Sarah Pangaraw ang makikinabang sa pag-atras sa tatlong articles of impeachment
01:21because now she can talk about it dahil wala ng sub-judice rule.
01:27Ganyan din po ba ang pananaw ninyo o may iba kayong pananaw?
01:31Sa amin po kasi, ordinarily po, I'll be honest, ordinarily, a lawyer would be happy or be okay
01:41with the withdrawal of an information po sa ordinary yung kaso sa ating mga korte.
01:47Pero dito po kasi ang magkaiba po, sir, is may mga aligasyon na at mga akusasyon na po
01:54na napalabas in relation to confidential funds, the alleged misuse, as well as the grave threats.
02:03Siyempre, para sa depensa, preferred namin na masagot itong mga akusasyon at mga aligasyon na ito.
02:13Kaya may distinction po dito.
02:15Kasi ilang araw po tayo nagpresenta ang prosecution ng embedensya
02:20at tapos na yun dahil sa pag-withdraw nila.
02:23Wala na po kaming opportunity.
02:24Pero yun nga, ang sabi namin, we want to be clear that the decision of the prosecution
02:31to withdraw the articles of impeachment, nasa kanila po yan.
02:35Descresyon po talaga nila yan.
02:37We are not objecting to it.
02:39But at the same time, we are also making it clear that whatever decision
02:45that the prosecution will make should not affect whatever evidence that the defense will be presenting
02:52or how they will handle the trial moving forward.
02:55Ang focus po ngayon ng impeachment trial, yung Article 2,
02:58yung tungkol sa umano yung unexplained wealth ng BSE.
03:01Ilang testigo po ba ipipresentan niyo, if you can tell us?
03:05Sir, I couldn't specifically tell you how many witnesses.
03:08The reason for that naman, sir, is hindi because of matters of strategy.
03:12It's different because dapat po namin aralan muna.
03:16It's a decision that we will continue to make.
03:19Pero I guess the numbers that we are allowed to present would be, you know,
03:25to some extent within the range of the days that we were given in the pre-trial order,
03:32which is 30 to 31 days.
03:34So that could be 30 to 31 witnesses.
03:36Pero yung disclose po namin, number of witnesses, is 90 witnesses po.
03:4130 days, so ganoon po ba ang inaantabayanan nating gugugulin ninyong oras?
03:48So that's another 30 days for trial.
03:50Inaasahan po ba natin matatapos na ang depensa before Christmas?
03:56We really could not say, sir.
03:58That's a scheduling matter.
04:00Depende po yan sa mga development natin sa Senado.
04:04Depende din po yan sa mga desisyon na gagawin ng depensa,
04:08di po ba, sa pagpatuloy ng presentasyon ng aming ebidensya sa pagbalik po ng impeachment.
04:14Kasi pwede naman pong mapatagal yan, pwede ding mapabilis yan.
04:18Depende po sa daloy sa pagpresentan ng ebidensya.
04:20I couldn't give a specific timeline sa iyo, sir, at sa publik ko.
04:27Ayaw ko kasing magkamali.
04:28Of course, of course.
04:29Ultimately, ang layo din po ng depensa, makakuha siyempre na akwital.
04:32Well, despite this major development sa trial,
04:37kampanti pa rin po ba ang depensa na malakas yung mga ipipresenta ninyo
04:40pagbalik na yung impeachment trial sa November 9?
04:44Yes, sir.
04:45Sabi nga namin, as we have always said,
04:48we have explanations,
04:51meron po kaming ebidensya on our part,
04:53and as we have repeatedly said sa lahat ng interview namin,
04:55gusto po namin itong ipalabas sa tamang setting.
04:58At yung tamang setting is yung impeachment court,
05:00at sa tamang panahon.
05:02At ang tamang panahon po ay sa pagkami na po ang magpipresenta,
05:05which is yun na nga yung pagbalik natin sa impeachment.
05:09I know you've been asked this question countless times,
05:13pero I will ask again,
05:14ipatatawag niyo po ba si VP Sara bilang isa sa mga testigo?
05:18At this point, we'd rather not disclose all the matters.
05:22I hope you understand. I'm really sorry.
05:25I understand. I understand.
05:26Tinawag po ni Private Prosecutor,
05:28Attorney Lord Nakapuna na bully at bastos.
05:31Her words,
05:32ang lead defense counsel at si Atty. Sheila Sison,
05:35may sagot po ba ang defense team
05:36o maglalabas kaya ng sariling pahayag si Atty. Sison tungkol dito?
05:42Ano naman to eh,
05:44any lawyer can say whatever they want
05:47against or for a colleague in the profession.
05:51Pero I think sa depensa,
05:53we will not comment on the statements of Attorney Lord
05:55or not except clarifying that
05:57it was never the intention of our lead defense lawyer,
06:01Attorney Sheila,
06:03to bully.
06:03I think nakita naman lahat ng publiko,
06:05ang ginawalag niya,
06:07she was firm in our positions.
06:09Mga paninindigan po ng depensa.
06:11At yung mga sinasabi niya represents the sentiment
06:14of the entire defense team.
06:16Hindi lang siya.
06:18At kami mga naman po mga abogado,
06:20we can be passionate,
06:22we can be firm,
06:24and we can be feisty
06:26in arguing for our client and our cause.
06:30To me,
06:32honestly, sir,
06:33wala namang buli yung nangyari,
06:34wala namang sinabi na
06:37outside the bounds of the core room
06:39yung lead counsel namin.
06:41Now,
06:41if they felt
06:42bullied
06:43as to the statements
06:44made by the lead defense lawyer,
06:47I think
06:48that's all then.
06:49Kaming mga abogado
06:50from the defense
06:51really can't do anything
06:52about
06:52how other people feel
06:53ni Puma.
06:55Sa amin naman,
06:57narinig ng publiko,
06:58ang puto namin,
07:00and
07:01we will let
07:02the public be the judge
07:03as to whether
07:04buli po ba talaga,
07:05bulihin po ba talaga
07:07ang ginawa
07:07ng aming defense lawyer.
07:09But again,
07:09to clarify,
07:10there was no intention
07:11to do such thing.
07:14We were merely
07:15being firm
07:17with respect to our position.
07:19Attorney Gular, sir,
07:20maraming salamat
07:21sa pagpapaunlak.
07:22Sa unang balita,
07:23it appears you're under the weather.
07:25Get well.
07:25Maraming salamat po.
07:25Yes, sir.
07:26Sorry, sorry.
07:27Maraming salamat po.
07:28And pasensya po.
07:29It's okay.
07:30It's okay.
07:30Salamat po.
07:30Salamat po.
