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Private prosecutor Benjamin “Jay” Tolosa Jr. said he is prepared to respond to any contempt motion that Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team might file because of his public statements on the ongoing impeachment trial.

Speaking at a post-trial press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 10, Tolosa said he had been careful not to break the Senate impeachment court’s sub judice rule, which limits public comments that could influence ongoing proceedings. He spoke after Duterte’s lead defense counsel, Shiela Sison, said the defense planned to bring up alleged violations by prosecution members in court. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/11/11/mag-file-kayo-tolosa-ready-to-face-vp-duterte-defenses-sub-judice-threat

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00:00Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us again.
00:03Okay, let me address some matters first.
00:06I think we all heard a while ago that the Council for the Defense stated that they will be bringing
00:11to the attention of the court some matters that I actually am not sure if they were pertaining to just
00:20one member of the prosecution or just me, no?
00:23But apparently that could be potential violations of the subjudice rule, then we look forward to receiving the motion that
00:35they may be filing, and we will respond to it accordingly.
00:40We've always respected the subjudice rule and the court's authority, integrity, as well as the integrity of the proceedings.
00:50We've endeavored to be careful in making statements so as not to violate this rule, and we will continue to
00:57be mindful to make sure that we will not violate those.
01:01Are you certain that it was you that they were talking about in the subjudice?
01:06And do you have any concerns that you said that would violate the subjudice ruling or that would have passed
01:15in the merits of the case?
01:16Yes, I've been wondering also, no, in the future, I've been careful with the statements that I gave, even in
01:26the press conference that we had yesterday.
01:31But, if I remember correctly, all of us, that was our understanding, I was mentioned by name, it was attorney
01:39Tulosa.
01:40So again, we'll just wait for the motion that they'll file asking to have me cited content.
01:58Thank you very much.

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