Opening Statement ni De Lima sa ika-10 nga adlaw sa impeachment trial ni VP Sara, wala na gipahuman ni Escudero!

WALA gipahuman ni Senate impeachment court presiding officer Senator Chiz Escudero ang opening statement ni Rep. Leila de Lima!
Human ang sunod-sunod nga pag-object sa Depensa.
Tungod sa giingong pagpahayag niini sa “conclusions of fact and law”.
Atol sa ika-10 nga adlaw sa impeachment trial ni Vice President Sara Duterte karong adlawa.

“..The evidence will reveal a pattern, a systemic course of conduct that, taken as a whole, demonstrates graft and corruption and betrayal of public trust. With the permission of the Honorable De Lima, yes, I’m counsel for this morning. Again, Your Honors, I think we have to object to the statements being made by the Honorable De Lima, with all due respect, of course.
Your Honors, they can do that through the offer of their evidence, Your Honor. The Chair will instruct the Honorable De Lima to kindly limit her statements. I was listening intently in the beginning, it was okay, Honorable De Lima, but later on, you did make conclusions of law already, which the Chair orders to be stricken from the record.
You may wind up, Honorable De Lima, but kindly avoid conclusions of fact and law. Your Honors, please, if I may just be given just a few seconds. Your Honors, our problem last time we allowed this kind of statement and as the Presiding Officer said, even if we strike it off the record, we heard it and we said it.
So to allow, Your Honors, again, a continuation of such, it really goes into the matter of fair play, Your Honor. Honorable De Lima, kindly wind up. Again, you were forewarned beforehand to kindly limit your statements.
Hence, you are faced again with a similar situation. Kindly wind up, Honorable De Lima, and call your witness. I have a lot to go through in my opening statement.
Yes, but again, it is the Court’s position to let the witness speak, not the counsels, insofar as the evidence is concerned or conclusions of both fact and law. Kindly wind up, Honorable De Lima. I submit, Your Honors, and so I will wind up.
If an impeachable officer, like the second President, who abused his power in a way that violates his accountability, is he still supposed to be trusted? Is he still supposed to remain in his position? When the Filipino people entrusted their money to Vice President Sara Duterte, was that trust honored? That question will not be answered by politics, by general denials, by press releases. It will be answered by the witnesses, by the documents, by audit, and by the evidence, and the prosecution is ready to present it. In the entirety of the evidence, we can see that it is not just simple irregularities that happened.
Objection, Your Honor. This is clear. Objection, Your Honor.
Honorable De Lima, I would have to stop you. I would have to stop you at this point. The continuing objection of the respondent is duly noted.
I would have to stop you at this point. And I have to stop now. My due apologies, but kindly call your witness already.
Thank you, Your Honors. I submit, thank you very much..”
Rep. Leila de Lima, Senator Chiz Escudero ug Defense Legal Counsel Atty. Michael Poa

Samtang, gi-presentar sa prosekusyon ang ilang unang witness sa Article 1 nga si retired LandBank Department Manager Violeta Constantino.
Gidumala ni Constantino ang encashment sa tseke ug pagpagawas sa pondo ngadto kang Gina Acosta, ang Special Disbursing Officer ni Duterte.
Naglakip sa withdrawal sa upat (4) ka tseke nagkantidad og 125 million pesos ang matag usa tali 2022 hangtud 2023.

SOURCE: GMA NEWS
PHOTO: Leila de Lima/fb