26/08/2026
NETIZEN UPDATE: PROSECUTION NAGSUMBONG KAY CHIZâ PYONA, POSIBLENG NAUNANG TUMAMA SA BAGONG SUB JUDICE RULING DAHIL SA MGA PATUTSADA NA NAMAN NITO? IMPEACHMENT COURT, MAY WARNING NA SA RESPONDENT!
KAKABABA PA LANG NG BAGONG RULING NI CHIZ ESCUDERO SA SUB JUDICE RULE, MAY BAGONG PATUTSADA NA NAMAN SI VP SARA DUTERTE!
Habang binabasa ni Presiding Officer Chiz Escudero ang kanyang ruling tungkol sa mga bawal na public statements habang nagpapatuloy ang impeachment trial, may inilabas umanong statement si Vice President Sara Duterte na tumatalakay sa mga nangyayari sa paglilitis.
Kaya agad nagsumbong si lead prosecution counsel Jinky Luistro.
âWe would like to respectfully manifest to the Honorable Impeachment Court that almost simultaneously to the reading of the ruling of the Honorable Impeachment Court on the issue of sub judice rule, the respondent Vice President made a public statement...â
Pero bago pa niya maituloy ang sasabihin niya, pinutol na siya ni Chiz.
âI know where you're leading at, counsel. Naunahan mo lang ako. I thought you were going to take up another matter, so let me cut you short.â
Meaning: alam na ni Chiz kung saan papunta ang prosecution.
CHIZ TO VP SARA: OBSERVE THE RULING MOVING FORWARD
Ipinaliwanag ni Escudero na aware siya sa statement na inilabas ni VP Sara habang binabasa niya ang ruling.
âWhile the presiding officer was delivering its ruling on the applicability, limitation and who is covered by Rule 18, a statement was issued by the impeached official, the respondent, the Vice President, which clearly is covered by the ruling earlier given by the presiding officer,â Chiz said.
Pero dahil prospective ang bagong ruling, hindi muna ito basta-basta gagawing violation na may penalty.
Gayunman, malinaw ang warning ni Chiz.
Ipinaalala niya sa lead defense counsel na si Atty. Sheila Sison na pagsabihan ang kanyang kliyente na sundin ang bagong ruling at ang Rule 18.
âThe Presiding Officer would like to remind, through the lead counsel for the respondent, her client to kindly observe the ruling of the presiding officer as well as the rules of the impeachment court, specifically Rule 18... in regard to making comments on the merits of the case,â ani Escudero.
At hindi doon nagtapos ang warning.
âHenceforth, again given the prospectivity of the ruling, the necessary actions will be taken against her not only by the court but also, given that she is a lawyer, what the Presiding Officer earlier mentioned in relation to SIPRA and in relation to the Office of the Bar Confidant. Kindly inform her, Attorney Sheila.â
Sagot naman ni Sison: âWe take note of that reminder, Your Honor.â
ANO BA ANG SINABI NI VP SARA?
Sa kanyang statement ngayong Wednesday, binanatan ni VP Sara ang prosecution panel at iba pa niyang critics, na aniya ay mas abala sa âtheatricsâ at insults kaysa sa pagpapakita ng ebidensya sa impeachment trial.
âThey should not be fishing for evidence during the trial or desperately try to turn something they wish to be true into a wild story of alleged wrongdoing,â sabi ni Duterte.
Tinukoy din niya ang mga naging pahayag laban sa kanya at sa witnesses.
âA senator calling a witness âstupid,â a lawyer calling me the âmastermind of a scamâ or another witness referring to me as a âbrat,â does not prove a case, nor does it produce evidence,â dagdag niya.
Ang âstupidâ remark ay tumutukoy sa naging pahayag ni Sen. Raffy Tulfo kay former OVP special disbursing officer Gina Acosta habang tinatanong ito tungkol sa handling ng confidential funds.
Samantala, tinawag naman ng prosecution lawyer na si Mae Divinagracia si Duterte na âarchitect and mastermindâ ng umanoây misuse ng confidential funds.
âInsults reveal the need to feign confidence in the face of a weak presentation,â sabi pa ni Duterte.
AT DITO NAGKAROON NG BIG TWIST
Ang problema ngayon: kakababa lang mismo ng impeachment court ng ruling na nagse-set ng mas malinaw na boundaries sa public statements tungkol sa merits ng trial.
At halos kasabay nito, may inilabas na statement ang mismong impeached official tungkol sa mga argumento at pahayag na lumalabas sa trial.