MANILA, Philippines – Walang dahilan para panghinaan ng loob ang House prosecution panel sa resulta ng survey ng Social Weather Stations (SWS) na nagpapakitang 35% ng mga Pinoy ang ‘dissatisfied’ sa prosekusyon sa impeachment case laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte, ayon kay House prosecution panel spokesperson Zia Adiong ng Lanao del Sur nitong Huwebes, Oktubre 29.
Ani Adiong, ang survey ay isinagawa mula Setyembre 21 hanggang 27, o panahon na hindi pa tinatalakay ng prosekusyon ang financial records ni Duterte bilang ebidensya sa Article 2 o umano’y unexplained wealth ng Bise Presidente dahil sa undeclared assets at non-divestment sa mga negosyo na mandato ng Konstitusyon.
“The survey is not supposed to demoralize the prosecution because our track is based on a constitutional premise: Accountability. We all saw how the trial went. The Vice President was given due process to explain herself,” sinabi ni Adiong.
“The prosecution’s focus is really to hold the Vice President to account based on constitutional duty. The survey is not for us and may speak of different things. It cannot be automatically translated into the prosecution doing not the right thing,” dagdag pa.
“What drives us to move forward is the constitutional duty of the prosecution to hold the Vice President to account,” pagpapatuloy ni Adiong.
Samantala, sinabi rin ng mambabatas na sa kaparehong survey ay nakita na 78% ng mga respondent ang naniniwalang mahalaga na tumestigo si Duterte para personal na sagutin ang mga alegasyon laban sa kanya.
“There is a high percentage of the public who wants the Vice President to explain, and that speaks a lot on the a public clamor for an explanation directly from the Vice President,” ani Adiong.
“That speaks about their belief that an irregularity happened and that is the most important thing that we need to focus on,” dagdag pa. RNT/JGC
