Last week, when Corona's defense counsel Atty Roy told the impeachment court that the Chief Justice will appear as a witness provided that the Ombudswoman and several other people who are accusing him of having a US$ 10 million bank account are subpoenaed by the Court, I was reminded of an ancient saying wrongly attributed… Continue reading The Fall of the Crown (Corona)
Category: Impeachment Trial
Senator-judges doing the job of Prosecution and Defense lawyers
When the Prosecution in the impeachment trial was presenting evidence, I was constantly irked by senator-judges acting as prosecuting lawyers. Now, the same thing is happening. The senator-judges are doing the job for the defense. Yesterday, the Defense lawyer seemed inexperienced. He called the Land Registration Authority administrator Atty. Diaz III, Pres. Aquino's classmate and batch… Continue reading Senator-judges doing the job of Prosecution and Defense lawyers
Postprandial Musings, 2.0 