Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday said documents, evidence and filings in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial are being uploaded to the Senate website, allowing the public to independently scrutinize the proceedings.
“Sisiguraduhin natin na lahat ng dokumento at ebidensya ay makikita ng publiko dahil naka-upload na ang mga ito sa Senate website (We will make sure that all documents and evidence can be seen by the public because they are now uploaded on the Senate website),” Gatchalian said.
He said public access to the records serves as a safeguard for the Senate’s institutional integrity and promotes transparency in the impeachment process.
Through a comprehensive digital repository, Filipinos can examine the evidence and filings themselves instead of relying solely on information circulating on social media, he added.
“We invite the public to scrutinize, read, and understand the proceedings for themselves. We realize that while we, at the upper chamber, sit as senator-judges, the ultimate judges of this impeachment proceeding are the Filipino people,” Gatchalian said.
He said he had directed the Senate Secretariat to provide the resources needed to ensure that documents and filings are uploaded promptly and efficiently once they are introduced during the trial.