UMAASA si House prosecutor at Bicol Saro partylist Rep. Terry Ridon na wala nang balakid sa pagpapatuloy ng pagtalakay ng Senate impeachment court sa Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) report at bank records ni Vice President Sara Duterte. “That is our understanding. We had adjourned so that we could resume on for the AMLC executive director testimony,” ani Ridon. Matatandaan na naudlot ang sana’y pagsalang sa witness stand ni AMLC Secretariat Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura matapos na humingi ng karagdagang panahon ang defense panel para mabusisi ang isasalang sa mga financial records. “This provides an opportunity for the defense to peruse all of the documents that they had been mentioning na voluminous documents po ito so that they can adequately prepare for the direct and for the cross,” ani Ridon. Samantala, sinabi naman ni House lead prosecutor at Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro una na nilang isinulong ang pagharap sa paglilitis ni Buenaventura para mapabilis ang impeachment trial. “It has always been our intention to expedite the trial, the presentation of the evidence of the prosecution. And as you have witnessed, we insisted on proceeding to the presentation of AMLC,” giit ni Luistro. “But of course, we wish to express as well our complete submission to the authority of the Honorable Impeachment Court,” dugtong niya. Mahigpit na kinontra ng prosekusyon, habang may ilang senator-judges din ang kumatig na hindi dapat masaklaw ng confidentiality clause ang paglalatag ng AMLC records sa isang impeachment proceedings. Ani Private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan, mismong si Senator-Judge Panfilo Lacson ang nagpaalala na dapat balikan ang Section 2 ng Bank Secrecy Law, na malinaw na nagsasabing exempted sa confidentiality provision ang impeachment cases. “I think that confirms the position of the prosecution that the exception, that the defense argument will not hold,” ani Kapunan. Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Post navigation Hatol kay VP Sara Duterte, ihahayag sa Nobyembre
