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00:09Transcription by CastingWords
00:30May ilap-anilang sumagot sa mga tanong. May unang balita si Joseph Morong.
00:39My patience is wearing thin, forgive me.
00:41Ms. Ivan, please, please answer. Otherwise the court will be constrained to issue the necessary orders to compel you to
00:50answer.
00:51Isang witness, tatawa-tawa. Ngayon, ito very evasive, nagmaang-maangad.
00:57Nag-isa ng presiding officer at ilang Sen. Judge ang testigo ng depensa na si Vingeline Bahan, city accountant ng
01:04Davao, dahil saan nila'y pagiging mailap nito sa pagsagot sa mga tanong.
01:09Inusisa ng prosekusyon si Bahan, kaugnay, sa accounting firm na Ampil Elisa Ciudadano and Company na External Auditor umano,
01:17ni na Vice President Sara Duterte, Mister na si Atty. Man Scarpio, at mga iniuugnay sa kanilang kumpanya kabilang ang
01:25Gencorp at Metro City Chao.
01:27Base sa inilabas ng prosekusyon na Articles of Partnership na nasabing accounting firm, nakalagay na partner doon si Bahan mula
01:352003 hanggang 2015, mga taong nagtatrabaho siya sa Davao City Hall.
01:41Pero pati pagkumpirma sa pirma niya sa dokumento, hindi direct ang masagot ni Bahan.
01:46Look at the signature above the name. Is it your signature or not? Pirma niya po ba yan o hindi?
01:51Hindi ko talaga ma-remember po itong lahat ng mga documents po.
01:56Hindi niyo rin ho ba ma-remember kung ang pirma niya yan ay inyo?
02:00Yan po ba'y pirma niyo o hindi?
02:06Pati kung magkaya natin makontept mga to, ang sagayon magkaroon ng respeto sa impeachment court.
02:11Kung ngayong pangalan sa signature pa lamang, hindi mo kayong sagutin yun pa kayong mga mahihirap na katalungan later on.
02:18Baka makontempt ka. Sana huwag. Kami, napipiko na.
02:24Sabi ni Bahan, kahit nakalista siya bilang partner, non-functioning member daw siya ng kumpanya.
02:30Baka pumunta ka rito, nagagamit ka lang. Dahil kayo ang city accountant ng Dabao na parang wala kayong alam.
02:43Sana kung magsalita kayo ng totoo, ang hinahanap lang naman ng mga kasama ko rito, yung totoo lang.
02:50Nagagamit ba kayo?
02:51Hindi po.
02:52Isa sa mga aligasyon laban kay Vice President Duterte sa ilalim ng ikalawang article of impeachment ay kumita siya mula
03:00sa lokal na pamahalaan ng Dabao noong 2023.
03:03Paglabag sa konstitusyon ng pagpapractice ng ibang profesyon ng isang vice-presidente.
03:09Si Bahan ang nag-release ng lampa 64,000 pesos na bayad kay Duterte noong January 2023.
03:15Pero paliwanag niya para ito sa salary increase, bunsod ang salary standardization law na hindi na ibigay sa vice para
03:23sa taon 2020 at 2021 para sa trabaho niya bilang mayor ng lungsod.
03:28Tanong ng prosekusyon, bakit inabot ng dalawang taon bago maibigay ang increase?
03:33Hindi po ako ano ng buong storya pero kung titignan natin ang records po parang na-overlook po ang adjustments.
03:41Na-overlook?
03:43Bago ito natalakay, ang isang property na sinasabi ng prosekusyon ay hindi umuno-idineklara sa Statement of Assets, Liabilities and
03:51Net Worth o SAL-NVP Duterte.
03:54Iniharap ng depensa ang City Assessor ng Island Garden City of Samal o Igacos, Davao del Norte, para patunayang idineklara
04:02ng visa ang naturang property.
04:04Ito po ba yung ari-arian na tinutukoy ng mga binanggit niyong dokumento?
04:09Ito pong nakikita niyo sa SAL-N ng ikalawang Pangulo.
04:13Based on the market value and assist value, you honor? Yes, you honor. Magkatugma po sila, you honor.
04:20Pero sa cross-examination ng prosekusyon, inamin ng witness na hindi siya nakatitiyak dito.
04:26But you're not claiming that the same property indicated in that TCT is the very same property contained in that
04:35SAL-N, correct?
04:36I'm not certain, sir.
04:38Magkatugma yung assessed value at saka yung fair market value?
04:41Yes, you honor.
04:42Maliban po doon, may iba pa buboka yung basihan para sabihin yan din yun?
04:47Wala po, you honor, kasi hindi po nakalagay yung title number at saka yung ERP number po.
04:52Sa SAL-N ng vice, nakadeklara ang ilang property na matatagpuan sa Samal o Igacos, islang nakilala sa White Sand
04:59Beach nito.
05:00Punto ng depensa, ang kinikwasyong property na may lawak na 751 square meters nakalista sa SAL-N na may adres
05:07na Barangay Matanos, Kaputian District.
05:10Pero ayon na rin sa witness, walang Barangay Matanos sa Samal Island.
05:14Pati ako ho, nalilito na.
05:15Paano po makakaroon ng titulo sa inyong syudad na nakalagay ay Barangay Matanos kung wala naman barangay na ganyan sa
05:24inyo?
05:25Sa tax mapping po, ang nakarehistro po is San Isidro.
05:29Kasi yung Matanos, ito po yung nakalagay sa title.
05:34Kinokonfirman niyo ba na sityo yan ang Barangay San Remigio?
05:38I have no knowledge.
05:39Hindi niyo po alam.
05:39So, yung Matanos at saka San Isidro, magkaiba po yun.
05:44Wala po yung Matanos sa San Isidro, nasa ibang barangay.
05:48May alok na paliwanag ang abogado ng BC.
05:50What the Register of Deeds of Samal City mentioned is that yung pong location ng TCT na nakalagay sa TCT,
05:59hindi na po napapalitan yun kasi kailangan po ng court order.
06:02So, kahit magbago yung location ng actual property involved doon, hindi na po napapalitan talaga yun nasa TCT kasi unlike
06:12tax declaration which is within the control of the city assessor's office.
06:16Bukod sa lokasyon, sabi ng prosekusyon, may hindi rin pagkakatugma sa halaga ng property at date of acquisition nito.
06:24Tanong ni Sen. Joel Villanueva, nasaan na kaya ang property na sinasabing hindi iniklara?
06:29It is for the Vice President to know where this property is indicated.
06:34But what we're certain is that this property indicated in the TCT, she did not declare it,
06:43which is a clear violation of the law of the Constitution, which is an impeachable offense.
06:49Sa puntong ito, tumayo ang Lead Defense Counsel na si Atty. Sheila Sison.
06:53Sabi niya, para umunong maipakita na magkaiba ang dalawang property,
06:57dapat ay nagsumiti ang prosekusyon ng mga dokumento kaugnay sa barangay Matanos property na nakadeklara sa Salen.
07:03Now, they're saying that it's the respondent's burden to prove that this real property declared in her Salen
07:17is not the same property registered with the city.
07:22That is not what we stated, Your Honor.
07:24It's hair splitting. We all know that this is the same property.
07:28Whatever documents, I know he will object.
07:31If the prosecution is confident enough that there is another property existing not covered by the documents
07:40presented by the two defense witnesses, they did not present it.
07:44Now, why? Because they know it's the same property.
07:48It's clear that good counsel missed the point by a mile.
07:52We never stated that it is the defense.
07:55She should prove that the existence of her properties.
08:02That was not her statement.
08:04Our statement is that the property covered by the subject transfer certificate of titles,
08:12insofar as we're concerned, we were already able to prove that that was not declared in the Salen.
08:18As I've mentioned a while ago, their witness even confirmed.
08:22Kapwa naman, nakitaan ng depensa at prosekusyon ang isa't isa ng paglabag sa subjudice rule
08:28o yung pagbabawal na talakayin sa labas ng korte ang merito ng argumento sa impeachment trial.
08:34Ang depensa ay giniit na sakop pa rin ng subjudice rule ang iniatras ng prosekusyon
08:39na tatlong articles of impeachment.
08:41Partikular nilang pinalaga ng pagtalakay umuno sa mga nangyari sa paglilitis.
08:45We're pertaining to the press conference held by the prosecution
08:48and the statements made by attorney J. Tolosa.
08:51They go into the probative value of their supposed cross-examination
08:55and of the weight of the evidence presented by the defense
09:03and of the testimonial weight given by the witnesses.
09:08We're looking at two actually right now.
09:10Kindly furnish us attorney Sheila.
09:12We'll issue the corresponding orders as may be needed.
09:16Sabi naman ni Atty. Benjamin Tolosa, counsel for the prosecutors.
09:20Also reserve the right to file corresponding motions
09:27for declaration of violation of subjudice rule as well.
09:32I think it does not escape everyone, no?
09:35The incessant attacks against the integrity of the impeachment court itself
09:39and the senator judges by no less than the vice president.
09:43As is within your rights.
09:45Ito ang unang balita, Joseph Morong, GMA News.
09:54You

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