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Impeachment Trial - Day 22

The presiding officer ordered the recall of the subpoena for Mr. Edward Fajarda after the prosecution, citing his recovery from a stroke as confirmed by the Senate's medical office, withdrew its request for his testimony and moved to dispense with it subject to stipulations. The prosecution advanced its Article 2 unexplained-wealth presentation through the testimony of PSA Assistant National Statistician Marissa B. Grande on the PSA's name-by-name verification of the 2,669 alleged payees of OVP and DepEd confidential funds, and moved to continue the testimony of remaining witnesses — Police Major Magay, Atty. Sunshine Fajarda, and Mr. Bresildo Zabaldan of COA — to September 8. The defense agreed to stipulate on most of the prosecution's proposed items but declined items 7, 11, and 12, and

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Claims introduced or updated

  • No new standing claim cards were added this session; two existing cards were updated from the session record.
  • The card 'Trial sequence to follow Corona impeachment trial precedent' was updated: the prosecution manifested that, per its June 22, 2026 compliance and manifestation, it will advance the presentation of evidence for unexplained wealth in Article 2 without waiving presentation of bribery evidence, changing only the order of presentation.
  • The card 'The ₱612.5M confidential-funds charge' was updated: the prosecution offered the testimony of Ms. Marissa B. Grande to prove, among other things, that the PSA verified all 2,669 alleged payees of OVP and DepEd confidential funds for 2022 and 2023 one name at a time (1,992 from OVP and 677 from DepEd) at the request of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability; the card now also carries her qualifications and methodology testimony, the marking of the PSA verification exhibits, the parties' stipulation on PSA signatures, and the defense's objections to the offer.

Evidence & exhibits

  • PSA Assistant National Statistician Marissa B. Grande testified on her supervision of the Civil Registration Service and the RSVPU, the PSA's four-phase verification process against the Civil Registry System database, and registration coverage statistics, including the 2020 Census finding that 96.6% of Filipinos have registered births and an unofficial 2024 estimate of about 97 to 97.1%.
  • The witness identified the PSA reply letter and certification dated November 25, 2024, which the prosecution manifested were marked as Exhibits P-I-24-A and P-II-24-A-1.
  • The witness identified the June 19, 2026 PSA reply to the House of Representatives request, marked as Prosecution Exhibit P-I-24-F, together with the table of verification results for single-match entries on the OVP and DepEd payee lists.
  • The prosecution stated for the record that certified true copies generated from official PSA database records were marked as Exhibits P-I-24-F-1-OVP to P-II-24F-63-OVPN and P-I-24F-1-DE to P-I-24F-14-DE.
  • The prosecution marked the PSA reverification exhibits identified by the witness as P-I-24-G-5, P-I-24-G and its sub-exhibits, with certified true copies marked P-I-24-G-1-OVP through P-I-24-G-137-OVPN and P-I-24-G-1-DE through P-I-24-G-61-DE.
  • The prosecution requested that the witness's three-page summary table of verification results be marked as Prosecution Exhibit P-I-24-H.
  • The witness identified single-match marriage certificates for named individuals on the OVP and DepEd lists, including Adonis Mascariñas, Anselmo Santa Cruz, Joel Mata, and Paulo Fernan, and testified on multiple-match names such as 'Jason Ramos,' which she said has 907 most-likely-match birth records, while 'Abigail de Omampo' has a unique single match among 143 million birth records.
  • The witness stated that PSA did not obtain the consent of the individuals named in the released civil registry documents, testifying that PSA considered consent unnecessary for an investigation, while prosecution counsel asserted that Section 13(F) of the Data Privacy Act made the disclosure lawful.
  • The parties stipulated, per item 13 of the offer of stipulation, that signatures on the documents are the signatures of the PSA officials whose names appear thereon.
  • The presiding officer reported that the banks submitted records without separating them into copies for the parties and the court, and that the court was sifting through them so both parties receive the exact same set as the court.

Court rulings

  • The presiding officer ordered the recall of the subpoena issued to Mr. Edward Fajarda after the prosecution withdrew its request for his subpoena.
  • The presiding officer granted a continuance, informing the Senator Judges that Mr. Fajarda's medical certificate, submitted through counsel and confirmed by the Senate's Director for Medical and Dental, stated he needs another 30 days to recover from a stroke suffered about a month ago.
  • The presiding officer stated that the COA, DBM, DILG, GCG, and DND Joint Circular No. 2015-01 had already been stipulated to by the respondent, as one of the common exhibits.
  • The presiding officer confirmed the scope of the prosecution's offer of Ms. Grande's testimony as covering items 7, 11, and 12, among others, which the prosecution affirmed.

Open questions

  • How will the impeachment court resolve the defense's objection that Ms. Grande is incompetent to testify on Purpose No. 7 and that the prosecution's offer improperly includes conclusions of law?
  • Will the parties reach agreement on items 7, 11, and 12 of the prosecution's September 2, 2026 request for stipulation, on which the defense has declined to stipulate?
  • What will Police Major Magay, Atty. Sunshine Fajarda, and Mr. Bresildo Zabaldan of COA testify to when the presentation continues on September 8, and will the defense receive copies of the documents Magay will identify in time to examine them, as it requested?
  • Now that Mr. Fajarda's subpoena has been recalled, will the documents previously identified by former COA auditor Atty. Roderick C. Wamil be admitted without additional identification, as the prosecution argued, given the defense's refusal to stipulate on item 12?

Claims updated in this session