Day: April 4, 2025

LIVESTREAM: Senator Imee Marcos leads the second Senate hearing into the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, April 3, 2025. | Philippines News LIVE| CNBC TV18
Senator Imee Marcos lamented Thursday the absence of Cabinet officials in the second Senate committee hearing into the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte. Marcos, chairperson of the Senate committee on foreign relations, presided over the hearing with only a few senators and representatives from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the academe present.
“Nirerespeto ko ang doktrina ng executive privilege pero pakantandaan natin hindi ito puwedeng gamitin bilang blanket shield, pangkalahatang pantago, para ilagan ang tanong at umiwas sa paanyaya ng Senado,” she said in her opening speech.
Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who made his first physical appearance in the Senate since Duterte’s arrest on March 11, moved to subpoena the executive officials, raising concerns of a potential “constitutional crisis.
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin earlier invoked Executive Order (EO) 464, which provides for executive privilege, classifying the communication between the Chief Executive and Cabinet officials and the President’s advisers as privileged communications not for public disclosure.
Imee, sister of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., had said that EO 464 is not a free pass for Cabinet officials wanting to dodge a Senate inquiry.

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