Pagtudlo kang Escudero isip impeachment court presiding officer, gipalagan sa Minority bloc senators!

GIPALAGAN sa pipila ka minority bloc Senator ang pagtudlo kang Senator Chiz Escudero isip presiding officer sa impeachment trial ni Vice President Sara Duterte!
Human 12 ka senador ang pabor samtang walo ang dili pabor.
Matud ni Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano nga dili mahimong patas ang trial kung si Escudero ang molingkod tungod magsilbing witness ang Anti-Money Laundering Act kon AMLA.

“..We cannot violate the Constitution. We put the whole impeachment trial at risk here. And to what Senate President Soto said, that what people want is to start.
Precisely, we should have started a while ago if the Senate President presided. Secondly, this is when you have threshold issues, issues that go into due process fairness. If we’re going to say that what people want is to convict, then let’s just blurt it out.
Now, if we’re going to say we want a fair trial, let’s make sure that every aspect of this trial is fair. So that’s why, Mr. President, if you read the rules, the presiding officer shall have the power to make an issue by himself or by the Secretary of the Senate, all orders, mandates, writs, authorized by these rules of the Senate, and make and enforce such other regulations, orders, premises that the Senate may authorize or provide. It’s also here, Mr. President, that the Senate President may by himself, or bottom line, Mr. President, the Senate President or us can decide.
And, Mr. President, there are issues that go into fairness. You know the AMLA will be a witness here. And I have information that the 20 years AMLA records of Senator Escudero and his credit cards and bank accounts were all opened up in the office of the Senate President, where members of the Blue Ribbon Committee was here.
Then we’re going to ask him to preside..”
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano

Samtang, misaad si Escudero nga mahimo kining patas ug ipatigbabaw ang integridad sa proseso.

“..I shall do my part to uphold the fairness and integrity of this process, and shall see it through to its proper conclusion. At this point, I would like to thank my colleagues for their trust and confidence. I did not seek nor did I ask for this responsibility, but neither will I shirk from fulfilling this duty without fear or favor..”
Senate Impeachment Court presiding officer Senator Chiz Escudero

SOURCE: NEWS5/GMA NEWS
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