LOOK: Senator-judges enter hall for Day 2 of VP Duterte impeachment trial — ANC

[0:00] Okay, we are now, we just got word that the senator judges, and as you can see on your screens, you have senator judges arriving at the floor. [0:09] Anjan si Sen. Lito Lapid, Sen. Pantilo Laxon, dating Sen. President Vicente Soto III. [0:16] Unti, ay, bumabalik sila, bumabalik. [0:19] Umabalik sila, hindi natin alam kung bakit, pero nagsimula na silang pumasok dyan sa mismong loob ng Senate Impeachment Court, pero bumalik ulit. [0:31] Alam naman natin that we're just counting minutes, 1.58 na po ng hapon, 2 o'clock magsisimula po ang impeachment trial, day 2, laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte. [0:42] And natatawa tuloy itong si Attorney Tranquil dito sa ating tabi. [0:45] Bakit kaya nagiging ganyan? Ano kayang naging rason? [0:49] Siguro pagkita nila, ay, tatlo lang pala tayo. [0:52] Dahil pala sabay-sabay silang pumapasok, kaya siguro pinatawag silang muli. [0:57] Ah, baka nauna yung ano, Sen. President. [1:00] Ngayon nakikita natin si Sen. President Sherwin Gatchalian. [1:08] O, ayan na, pumasok na silang muli. [1:12] The senator judges, pinangunahan ni Sen. President Sherwin Gatchalian. [1:17] At maya-maya po lamang ay masasaksihin na natin ang pagsimula ng ikalawang araw ng impeachment trial ni Vice President Sara Duterte. [1:39] Inaalam pa rin natin, ano, kung andun pa sa Senate premises. [1:44] Ah, okay. [1:45] We just... [1:45] Okay, we just received word na wala na po si Vice President Sara Duterte dyan sa Senado. [1:55] Dumating po siya a little past 12 at umalis po mga 1.16, 44 minutes bago magsimula ang day 2 ng impeachment trial. [2:06] At maya-maya po lamang ay masasaksihin na natin ang panimula ng day 2 ng impeachment trial laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte. [2:14] Holy Father, we come to you today, different ages, galing po sa Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao. [2:33] Iba-iba po ang paniniwala sa politika, sa religion, pero lahat po ay Pilipino at lahat po ay ginagalang ang pangalan mo. [2:42] Sinabi niyo po sa Propetang Jeremiah, sa Jeremiah 29.11, [2:46] For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. [2:53] You love us so much that you made us in your nature and likeness, giving us free will. [3:00] Thus, to receive the fruits of your plans, plans to prosper us and not to harm us, plans to give us hope and a future, [3:07] we must first seek your kingdom and righteousness. [3:11] You call us to be faithful, Lord God, for us to be faithful both in small things and in big things. [3:18] Same with the rules, Mr. President. [3:22] Help us to be faithful with the Constitution, the Senate rules, the rules of impeachment. [3:28] Help us to be faithful to the rules of fairness. [3:34] As the prosecution stated yesterday, to hold everyone accountable, from the barangay captain to the highest official of the land. [3:41] Lord God, Holy Spirit, do not allow us to obstruct justice. [3:46] Yet, always give us the strength to obstruct injustice, regardless of the cost and the consequences. [3:54] Magalit na po, kung sino magagalit, gamitin niyo kami bilang instrumento ng hustisya. [4:00] Lead each one of us to pursue the impeachment trial with fairness, political neutrality and due process. [4:06] To pursue the flood control scandal with the same zeal, effort, fairness and political neutrality. [4:15] To pursue corruption in all forms. [4:18] Help us build a justice system that is ideal rather than one that is weaponized and is actually an instrument of oppression and tyranny. [4:27] We may disagree on many things, but let us agree in asking for your love, grace and mercy upon the nation. [4:33] We may have different visions of a prosperous Philippines, of accountability, of fairness. [4:40] Yet, we agree in the words you put in the framers of the Philippine Constitution, which is found in the preamble. [4:47] We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God in order to build a just and humane society [4:57] and establish a government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, [5:07] and secure to ourselves and to our posterity the blessings of independence and democracy. [5:14] Under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, peace, do ordain and promulgate this constitution. [5:24] Thank you for this privilege to serve you and our people, Lord God. [5:28] We ask for all of this in Jesus' mighty name. Amen. [5:31] Amen. [5:33] The Clerk of Court will now call the roll. [5:36] Roll call of members. [5:38] The Honorable Senator Judge Aquino. [5:41] Senator Judge Cayetano Alan. [5:44] Senator Judge Cayetano Pia. [5:46] Senator Judge De La Rosa. [5:48] Senator Judge Ejercito. [5:50] Senator Judge Estrada. [5:52] Senator Judge Goh. [5:54] Senator Judge Ontiveros. [5:56] Senator Judge Laxon. [5:58] Senator Judge Lapid. [5:59] Senator Judge Lagarda. [6:02] Senator Judge Marcoleta. [6:04] Senator Judge Marcos. [6:06] Senator Judge Padilla. [6:08] Senator Judge Pangilinan. [6:10] Senator Judge Soto III. [6:12] Senator Judge Tulfo Irwin. [6:15] Senator Judge Tulfo Rafi. [6:17] Senator Judge Villanueva. [6:20] Senator Judge Villar Camil. [6:22] Senator Judge Villar Mark. [6:25] Senator Judge Zubiri. [6:27] The presiding officer, Senator Judge Escudero. [6:30] The Senate President. [6:31] With 20 senators present, the chair declares the presence of a quorum. [6:37] We now recognize the presiding officer, Senator Chies Escudero. [6:41] Thank you, Mr. Chairman President. [6:45] The reading of the journal of July 6, 2026 of the Senate, Citizens and Impeachment Court is hereby dispensed with. [6:53] And unless there are any objections, the same is hereby approved and adopted. [6:58] The clerk of court will now please read and call the trial, the case rather, before this impeachment court. [7:06] Case number 004, 2026. [7:09] In the matter of impeachment trial, Vice President Sarah Zimmerman Duterte. [7:14] Appearances. [7:15] Good afternoon, Your Honors. [7:21] Same appearance for the prosecution. [7:23] We are ready, Your Honor. [7:25] Noted. [7:26] Appearances for the respondent. [7:27] Good morning, Your Honor. [7:31] Same appearances for the defense. [7:34] Is the prosecution ready to call its first witness? [7:37] Yes, Your Honor. [7:38] However, the prosecution have few concerns which it wanted to raise before the Honorable Impeachment Court. [7:46] So, may I request, Your Honor, that the Honorable Counsel for the Prosecutor, Lorna P. Capunan, be recognized, Your Honor. [7:54] Before recognizing the counsel for the prosecutor, ma'am, upo muna kayo.