Secretariat of Forms of the House of Representatives to help prosecutors in Vice President Sara Duterte accuse of trial

The House of Representatives has deployed 134 people as part of the Secretariat of Political Judgment that will provide support services to the prosecutors of the House of Representatives in the next political trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

In an order of memorandum dated February 27 and launched to the media on February 28, the general secretary of the House of Representatives, Reginald Velasco, said that the staff of 134 people “will provide support services, for rotation, with the schedules to be determined by the head of office/deputy general secretary.”

Personnel 134 came from the following units:

• Office of the Secretary General (OSG)
• OSG support staff
• Office of the Sergeant of Arms
• Information and Communications Technology Service
• Legislative Operations Department
• Department of Legal Affairs
• Department of Engineering and Physical Facilities
• Administrative Department
• Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Public Affairs and
• Committee’s affairs department

“The Secretariat of the House of Representatives plays a vital role to guarantee the orderly conduct of legislative procedures, including political trials. This directive guarantees that the Prosecutor’s Office has access to logistics, research and essential documentation support to facilitate a soft and efficient judgment process, ”said Velasco, added that this will include plenary support, legal research, record management, stenographic transcription, information technology, security and administrative coordination.

“Employees who serve during their regular work hours, at the site or other, will be entitled to compensatory time or overtime,” added the memorandum.

The required personnel that are reported to the full -time Senate during the political trial trial has the mandate to register their assistance in the Housepass assistance monitoring device in the designated secretariat room of the House of Representatives.

The personnel reported in the Senate who is not on the master list of the secretary of the Secretary General, on the other hand, will not be able to register his assistance on the site.

In addition, Velasco said that assigned personnel will adhere to the strict rules of the house and ethical guidelines, ensuring transparency and professionalism throughout the process.

“This is a routine function aligned with our constitutional duty. The Chamber Secretariat is still neutral and professional to fulfill its mandate, ”said Velasco.

He House accused the vice president on February 5accusing her of the betrayal of public trust, the guilty violation of the Constitution, the graft and corruption and other high crimes based on the following seven political trial articles:

• Conspiracy to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The first lady Liza Marcos and President Martin Romualdez;
• Malversation of P612.5 million in confidential funds with questionable liquidation documents;
• Frone and corruption in the Deped during Duterte’s mandate by delivering cash to the former deputy secretary of Gloria Jumamil-Mercado (Chief of Acquisitions), member of the Resty Osias Offers Committee, the Deped Rhunna Catalan chief accountant and the special disbursement officer Edward Fajarda;
• inexplicable wealth and not reveal assets in the declaration of assets, liabilities and net worth of the vice president, where its wealth increased four times since 2007 since 2017;
• Participation in extrajudicial murders in the city of Davao;
• The destabilization, insurrection and public disorder efforts, which include: boycoting the discourse of the State of the Nation (SOUND) while declared “designated survivor”, leading demonstrations that ask for the resignation of Marcos, the resignation of Marcos, obstructing the investigations of the congress when ordering subordinates not to comply with the subjects, threatening the body damage against the first couple and the Roman. others;
• The totality of the behavior of the vice president as the second best official of the Earth

There were 215 members of the House of Representatives signed by the complaint of political trial, more than the members of the constitutionally required chamber needed to send the complaint directly to the Senate for the realization of the political trial trial, without going through the deliberations at the level of the committee in the Chamber.

‘Delayed trial could discourage witnesses’

Also on Friday, one of the prosecutors of the Chamber and the representative of Manila, Joel Chua, said that a delayed political trial of the Senate could discourage witnesses to testify against the vice president.

Chua was position after the president of the Senate Francis Escudero He launched a schedule for the trial of political trial that only begins in the 20th Congress in July, or after the mid -period surveys of 2025.

“Kaya Naman Po Namin Gusta Nito Pong defect Ay Masimulan Na. Dahil Alam Po Ninyo, Siiempre Tinitingnan Din Po Namin ‘Yung Mga Ebidensya Na Nakalap Po Namin. Eh ‘Yung evidence manipulation, Isa Po’ Yan. Pangalawa Po, ‘Yung Mga witness po Natin, Siyempre Alam Po Natin Baka Mamaya Pag Tumatagal, EH Medyo Marami Po Diyan Ang Matakot, ”Chua said at a separate press conference.

(We really want the trial to begin soon because looking at the evidence we obtained … there is a risk of manipulating evidence, that is one. And witnesses, since this is crawling, many of them could feel scared).

“Habilo tumatagal po ang trial, ang pagsisimula ng Loweachment, nanganganib po ‘Yung mga ebidensya po namin in’ Yung mga witness po namin. “Yan Lang Naman Po Yung sa amin,” Chua added.

(The longer the delay of the political trial, the evidence we have, including witnesses, will be at risk. That is our point here).

Chua said that having fears of testifying is only human nature and that does not facilitate prosecutors.

“That is really a challenge because we need to provide protection to our witnesses. We have to give them security (which is well testified). At the end of the day, it is human to have fears … there is anxiety on his part, ”said Chua.

Then, Chua reiterated section 3.4 of article 11 of the 1987 Constitution that establishes that “in the event that the complaint or verified resolution of judgment is presented at least one third of all members of the Chamber, the same must constitute the articles of political trial, and the trial by the Senate will continue immediately.”

“At the end of the day, this is a constitutional mandate. Ito Po Aylucasyon Na Pinatawag po sa atin ng taumbayan. Sa Amin Naman Po, Kami Naman Po ay ginagampanan din po namin yung obluasyon din po namin ng naayon sa ating saligang batas, ”said Chua.

(This is an obligation to our compatriots. For our part, it is our obligation based on our Constitution).

“The preamble of our Constitution establishes, we the people. It is the people who implore us here, ”added Chua.

THE PREAMBLE OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION READS “WE, THE SOVEREIGN FILIPINO PEOPLE, IMPORTING THE AID OF ALMIGHTHY GOD, IN ORDER TO BUILD TO JUS AND HUMANE SOCIETY AND ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT THAT SHALL SHALL EMBODY OURES Ourselves and Our posterity The Blessings of Independence and Democracy under the Rule of Law and A Regime of Truth, Justice, Freedom, Love, Equality, and Paz, order and promulgate this Constitution. “

Petition SC

Since then, Duterte has presented a request from the Supreme Court that challenges the Validity of the complaint.

Mindanao lawyers and other groups I have also asked the SC to stop the trial, calling the defective complaint.

Another request presented by the lawyer Catalino Generillo Jr. It seeks to force the Senate to convene as a political court immediately. – RSJ, integrated news from GMA