Palace says claims are ‘unsubstantiated,’ a ‘desperate gimmick’
The defense on Sunday alleged that Malacanang offered P100 million for senators to skirt around the Supreme Court-issued temporary restraining order on the subpoena issued on Chief Justice Renato Corona’s alleged dollar accounts.
Citing a “very reliable” source, defense lawyer Dennis Manalo said Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. has been contacting senator-judges not to honor the halt order.
Another lawyer, Jose “Judd” Roy III, alleged the money will be sourced from government savings to be used for “soft projects.” The funds will supposedly be released this week.
In a prepared statement read by Manalo, the defense said: “Yesterday, we received very reliable information that Executive Secretary [Ochoa], acting in behalf of President Aquino, was personally contacting and phoning senator-judges to pursuade or pressure them to defy TRO issued by SC in favor of PSBank.”
He said they condemn in the strongest terms the actions of President Benigno Aquino III to “undermine the constitutional process that he himself initiated.”
He added that Corona “in good faith” participated in the process, but now “it’s apparent that the President is bent on convicting CJ Corona at all cost.”
Attack on the judiciary, economy
The defense did not reveal their source, noting only that he is very reliable.
But they stressed they would not risk their reputations as lawyers by coming out on a Sunday to issue a statement on news that has no bearing.
They also called on lawyers “to be more vigilant and stand up for the independence of the judiciary and the integrity of our constitutional processes.”
What is happening now is an attack on the entire judiciary, the defense added.
They also called on the public to “guard against efforts to undermine the constitution and rule of law…We must…secure the independence of the judiciary. Otherwise, the oppressed would find no refuge from abuses and rights cannot triumph over injustice.”
Defense lawyer Ramon Esguerra also added that if the senator-judges decide on Monday not to respect the TRO, “the backlash will not only be on the Chief Justice, but on the banking industry and the entire economy.”
The defense did not say what it will do with the information it received. They said, however, that what Aquino did, if true, is already “a culpable violation of the Constitution.”
Palace says defense allegation a ‘squid tactic’
Executive Secretary Ochoa called the accusations of the defense as “unsubstantiated” and a “desperate gimmick.”
In a statement issued to the media, Ochoa said: “As a member of the Bar, I respect the right of the lawyers of the Chief Justice to protect the interests of their client, within the bounds of the law. However, citing rumors to prove baseless accusations to support their cause goes against the principles of decent and ethical lawyering.”
He said: “It is a desperate gimmick that does not belong in the proceedings of any court of law, especially an impeachment trial.”
He said the Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, is capable of making decisions to provide Corona a fair trial.
Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda urged Corona’s camp to “stop running and stop hiding” and inflicting on the public “idle talk.”
“Their conspiracy theories concerning the Executive Secretary [Ochoa] is a diversionary tactic to distract attention from the evidence coming to light in the impeachment trial,” he said.
He said the defense chooses to use “squid tactics” in order to deviate from the real issues.
“The Senate has been conducting the impeachment trial in full light of day; the prosecution and defense have been given every opportunity to have themselves heard,” he said. “We can only surmise that the defense has run out of ways to conceal the culpability of its client, and has engineered this move as a last-ditch effort to confuse the proceedings and prevent a resolution.”
“The only danger in the disclosure of the Chief Justice’s assets is the Chief Justice’s defense: the integrity of the banking system, our system of laws, the cause of justice and good governance are not endangered by the proceedings of the impeachment court,” he added.
Pull-out imminent?
The senator-judges will hold a caucus on Monday morning to discuss whether or not to follow the halt order issued by the Supreme Court last Thursday.
The High Court, in a vote of 8-5, issued on Thursday a TRO on the subpoena issued by the impeachment court on the alleged dollar accounts of Corona in PSBank.
Esguerra added: “We respect the trial…but we came in already scathed and wounded…Sugatan na ang Chief Justice, lopsided na ang sitwasyon, di kami makapag-motion for reconsideration, we can’t object to the questions of the senators.”
He said, however, that they still hope that “the senator-judges will see reason and implement the Constitution.”
Asked if they will pull out from the trial if the Senate insists on the subpoena, defense lawyer Paolo Quicho only said: “Kami pong mga abogado ay handing lumaban, manindigan…Sama-sama po namin itong haharapin. Marangal naming haharapin ang persecution na ito.”
In the meantime, the defense is asking stakeholders to wait for their turn in ducking the accusations against Corona.
Malacanang has also called on Corona to just open his bank accounts to end the speculation.
But Manalo said: “There is a process. Sila dapat muna ang magpatunay. Bakit kailangan ng shortcut?”
HIndi ba nila naisip na mukha silang desperado katulad ng client nila.
Si Chief nagfile ng petition na patitigilin ang impeachment trial nya at pina inhibit si Justices Carpio at Sereno.
May show of force (kuno) sa rally sa Supreme Court na karamihan ay myembro ng INC.
Ngayon naman, binibribe ng Malacanang ang mga senators-judges.
Asahan marami na namang nakapula bukas at magrarally sa P. Faura.
Sa tingin ba nila masway ang karamihan na gustong malinis SC ng Presidente kung idederekta ang mga paninira kay Pnoy?
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TonGuE-tWisTeD –
Namputah, ano’ng presscon yun? Kakagulat a. Kesyo merong P100M suhol ni Ochoa ang kapalit ng pagbalewala sa TRO. Ano meron bukas? Ito ba ang preemptive strike ni Corona?
Mukhang naitimbre na sa depensa ang advance na desisyon ng Supreme Corrupt kaya inunahan na nila ang pag-anunsyo baka maunahan ng caucus ni Enrile.
Foul yan.
Nasa bank account tayo, doon tayo tumutok. Wag tayo kumagat diyan. Dirty tactics na yan.
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Blunder yan. Ang bobobo ninyo, gusto ninyong ibaon ang mga senador na boboto sa caucus na tumanggap ng P100M, akala ba ninyo, palalagpasin yan ng mga senador? Giyera na to.
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“Pambabastos” daw sabi ni AT4. “Mga mamahaling abugado yan, alam nilang walang kahihinatnan yang tsismis nila. At hinding-hindi yan kakagatin ng taumbayan” … giit pa ni Senator Sonny Trillanes.
Ay naku, Gloriang-gloria ang gimik. Sabagay ay marumi ang subject ng laro, hindi nakakataka na ang mga elite lawyers kuno ay sumunod sa dirty client.
Buko na, iligaw na lang ang publiko sa tunay na isyu…ang buksan ang dollar accounts ni Corona at ikumpara sa kanyang declared SALN. Pathetic!
Mike
Agree with Tongue, that was a stupid move the defense did. True or not they should’ve just shut up if they can’t prove it or can’t reveal their source. Pag ikaw ay isang isnasakdal, di mo pwedeng inisin, insultohin o buwisitin ang hukom na hahatol sa kaso mo. Baka mapabilis ang pag convict kay Corona dahil sa blunder na ito.
Phil Cruz :
Naka color bright red pa silang lahat na mga abugago ni Corona. Parang mga crimson musketeers. Ready to go into battle. Kala ko seryosong mga ablogadong de kampanilyang mga ‘to. Mga chismoso pala.
Reliable source, name names na at ng tuluyang magkasuntukan. Matira ang malilinis kung lumaban!
Booboo! Sabi nga ni Tongue “ang bobobo ninyo” (referring to Corona’s defense). Absolutely agree!
Yes Mike, mapapadali talaga ang pag-convict kay Corona dahil sa ka-boooboo-han ng kanyang defense elite panel.
Wow, laking insulto sa mga senator-judges nito! Let’s see kung magsasalita ang lahat (liban kina Trillanes, Pangilinan, Estrada, Lacson, Honasan and Recto who already denied there were ‘maneuvers’ from the Palace).
Its 100M cash, then how do they expect the Palace to give the money to the senators? Brown Paper Bag ulit? or Attache Case.
Mas believable kung sinabi nila sa Pork yan ipapasok.
Kit Tatad has been spreading this “overture” (not as direct as the Presscon’s content) in the past day or two: abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/12/12/tatad-palace-sent-%E2%80%98overtures%E2%80%99-senate-ignore-tro
I think they just want Ochoa’s name in the headlines. Style Tatad yan.
Teka, maybe we are looking at this in the wrong way, baka the complaint was ilang senators lang ang nabigyan ng offer. Sina Joker at Miriam baka nagrereklamo wala silang cut?
The best thing to do is ask the defense to explain and call Tatad to the witness stand. At least they would not be able to claim they were not given due process as they always claim. Madali gumawa ng kwento, mahirap patunayan ‘to.
Two comments i saw on other blogs/news sites:
(1) The defense “proclaimed” this so that when the Senate ignores the TRO tomorrow, the defense will walk out and make the issue all about P100M.
(2) The defense’s reliable source is a “small gentleman.”
I don’t like Ochoa, but the defense only makes its move less credible. Why should Ochoa or Malacanang do such a thing when they see that Corona is now about to fall down to the pit? The burden of proof now is on Corona’s camp to prove why he holds multimillions but reported only a fraction.
It’s a desperate move from someone who is already cornered but still doesn’t want to throw in the white towel.
Partly Recycled from a previous thread . . .
Why all the fuss and the debate and the fear of a constitutional crisis? STOP the Impeachment even without receiving the TRO. The Impeachment Court can at once COME to judgment: Declare CJ Corona based on the sufficient evidence submitted as UNFIT for the high office of the Chief Justice. FIRE CORONA. Who and what can stop the Impeachment Court from doing that? The MISRULE of law by bad lawyers in the Philippines?
The defense will walk out and lose their promised fees and pending cases? Push them to do it and good riddance. It won’t take five minutes for the Impeachment Court to convene and FIRE Corona. Impeachment completed. The DoJ and the Ombudsman can take it away from there.
Pag talagang gipit na at ubos na ang pasensiya ng taong bayan P NOY will be forced to act as suggested in a column in MALAYA Online, Incidental Intelligence:
“In the first place, the presiding officer, the learned Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, earlier declared that nothing can stop the trial. That is a clear message that a TRO from the SC will be ignored.
Maybe the defense lawyers believe that defying the TRO can bring about a Constitutional crisis which the present magistrates will interpret. No. That is not likely.
There is a bigger possibility that such a crisis may force President Aquino to ask Congress for emergency powers. If granted, it could pave the way for a provisional government that authorizes the President to abolish Congress and the Supreme Court.
The President can call for elections in say six months or one year. But the members of the Supreme Court will be replaced.”
http://www.malaya.com.ph/02132012/bus_incidental.html
Holy Water, mahapdi, pangwisik ni Conrado:
“But if so, then there are far more exceptional circumstances that ought to have prevented the Supreme Court from issuing its TRO. There are far more exceptional circumstances that ought to have prevented the Supreme Court from interfering with the impeachment in general. Those circumstances are that it is the head of the Supreme Court himself on trial. Those circumstances are that several justices themselves are on trial, or at least are being asked to be subpoenaed by several senator-judges. Those circumstances are that the Supreme Court itself is on trial, or at least as it has become since Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed Corona to head it.
For the Supreme Court to sit in judgment over itself, that is conflict of interest. That is shamelessness. That is garapalan.
Whatever happened to delicadeza? Whatever happened to basic decency? The reason Corona finds himself in the straits he’s in is precisely because he has banished those things by accepting a midnight appointment and by voting in cases involving his patron, never mind unwaveringly in her favor. The Supreme Court does the same. The culture of impunity merely means that the law has become so powerless it allows people to get away with murder. This is worse: It means the law has become so powerful it routinely commits murder itself.
Three, Corona has repeatedly said he has nothing to hide. Serafin Cuevas has repeatedly said he has nothing to hide. His supporters, real or hakot, have repeatedly said he has nothing to hide. So why is he hiding his dollars?”
http://opinion.inquirer.net/22957/truth-and-consequence
Constitutional crisis? Dammit, you walked right into it and you want the whole country to suffer with you. Thanks, but no thanks, you can lock the door as you leave.
Maniniwala pa ako kung sinabi nila constipational crisis.
Corona suffers from a delusion of grandeur. Dapat painumin ng prozac yan.
Sa abs-cbnnewsdotcom:
Patuloy pa rin ang pag-ngawa…
Desperado,desperado,desperado!!!! The more Corona (I would say the bansot and her fatso hubby) come up with dirty tricks like bansot when she was in power, the more Corona is burried in an avalanche of mud. Di naman siguro bobo and mga senator judges. Kahit na hindi lawyers ang iba sa kanila, alam nila kung ano ang kathang isip lang at totoo. Sige Corona, weave lies so that these lies will bury you alive!
Bakit wala dun si Cuevas sa presscon ng mga Red Musketeers?
Ano ba ito, style Abalos na naman, pati amount na P100 million na suhol ginaya kay Abalos. Iisa lang yata ang style na alam ng script writer ni Goyang at Corona, mukhang one-track mind, one direction.
Wala na, hilong-talilong na ang mga ito, parang mga isda na napukpok sa ulo, paikot-ikot na lang ang langoy, hehehehe.
#20, baka nasa Red Musketeers, na inalaan ni CJ-ang mga “dollar accounts” ( kasi sabi niya, ibibigay niya , sino mang makatagpo-o-magpatotoo, na may tago siyang yaman ), malinis lang uli, o maibalik ang nasirang puri ( honor-credibilty, e.g..) na siya mismo ang sumira, dahil sa PAG-mamalinis !….pati pala, pag-aasawa niya mayroon daw “history” na problema ?..( Eva yata ) ?…kaya Iba-Iba ang strategy nila, ngunit nawawala sa “focus”, dahil sa mga nag-bubumirang na katutuhanan..Hirap ang “mga pro-bono” sa ganitong sitwasyon, lalo na abogado de kampanilla !..Resign na lang, at verdict sa madaliang panahon..kaya pala, yong 8-articles, ginawa nalang 4-articles, na pag-uusapan dahil, sa article 1 and 2, labas na ang “bituka ey mga hinahanap” na tago o ibedensya…my constructive thought for Mr. juan de la cruz..
talagang nainis ako habang nakikinig sa mga putak ng mga alipores nitong is Mr. Crown! Kung pakikinggan kasi, parang reminiscent sa presscon dati ni Ignacio Bunye eh! Glorya style masyado!
Puputok ang TV ratings mamaya at 2pm. Valentine fireworks.
“Would Senators Lapid and Escudero be able to vote independently, considering favors from Aquinos?”
“Reports indicate that presidential sister Kris Aquino, who is No. 51 in ABS-CBN’s list of prominent stockholders, granted Sen. Lito Lapid a program of his own in the network (quite apart, of course, from the assistance the DFA is giving his wife who was apprehended with a huge amount of dollars in her possession while entering the US). This new program is being heavily advertised in the network. The question is, how can Sen. Lapid vote independently given this naked bribery offer from Kris?”
“Then too, Dr. Evelina Escudero, Ph.D, mother of Sen. Francis Escudero, was recently appointed by P-Noy as member of the 12-member exclusive club that is the UP Board of Regents (BOR), the UP Systems’ highest decision-making body….But the main issue at this point is the TIMING of Dr. Escudero’s appointment, JUST WHEN THE SENATE TRIAL IS IN FULL SWING AND HER SON IS A SENATOR-JUDGE. A prominent member of the BOR, Engr. Manuel Albarracin of Phinma Corporation was due to finish his term at the BOR this July, but the Palace can’t wait. Albarracin was notified that he is being asked to step down, and soon enough Dr. Escudero was appointed.”
“The question is, like Sen. Lapid, can Sen. Chiz overlook the appointment of his mother to the BOR come voting time in the Senate?”
“…..Rep. Tanada could suggest that his Liberal partymate President Noynoy first answer queries about his own SALN, e.g., why P-Noy’s net worth in 2010 jumped by 55 percent over that of 2009? Then too, as columnist Winnie Monsod pointed out in her Jan. 28, 2012 column, there are glaring discrepancies in P-Noy’s SALN: for instance, “a piece of agricultural land in Concpecion, Tarlac, acquired in 1987, was declared as inherited in 2006 but as purchased in 2009. Or another piece of agricultural land, this time in Capas, Tarlac, acquired in 1985 (inherited) was not declared in his 2006 SALN.”
“Winnie also pointed out that P-Noy declared his Times Street residence as acquired in 1985 (by inheritance), but it was not included in his 2006 SALN. Moreover, she argued, “the current market value he declared on the (Times) property in his 2010 SALN was P1.96 million—a figure which has not changed since 2007.” Said Winnie: “There is no way that the Times Street property could be worth, at current prices, less than P2 million”
“Since the opening of the Senate impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona last Jan. 16, I have managed to attend nearly all the sessions personally, instead of merely watching them on TV as perhaps tens of thousands do…I hie to the Senate because there is really no substitute for getting the “flavor” of the trial, so to speak, in the session hall.”
“This was where the quibbling came up. Lead Prosecutor Niel Tupas replied that the prosecution was looking at around 21 properties of CJ and his family, including seven parking lots, NOT 45. Escudero then raised the logical question: where did the report on the 45 properties come from? Hesitating a minute, Tupas then flatly denied that it came from the prosecution. At that point, booing spontaneously erupted so loud from the galleries that Presiding Judge Enrile had to bang his gavel unusually hard; pages hurriedly emerged brandishing “Silence” placards. All this commotion one would have missed on a 24-inch TV. The crowds remained restive.”
http://www.polbits.com/2012_02_01_archive.html
On Feb. 9, Tribune also reported:
“Not content with just having the CJ demonized and ousted through an impeachment trial, with talk swirling of a P2.5-billion budget to get the CJ found guilty, there went his congressional allies, suspending sessions — instead of adjourning, to ensure that yet another SC justice is impeached by the House.”
icontemp na yang mga defense lawyers… isama na rin si tadtad… este tatad pala.
Ay Tatad.
abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/02/13/12/tatad-ochoa-didnt-deny-palace-overtures
‘I have nothing to gain, but everything to lose’ – Renato Corona.
Ulol! Kapag hindi binuksan ang dollar account/s mo, hindi malalantad kung ilang daang milyones ‘yun. Sino makikinabang? Kami ba?
Everything to lose?
Gago!
‘Yung mga pagkiling mo sa mag-asawang magnanakaw ay NAWALA nang lahat ang munting PAGGALANG naming mga kababayan mo sa iyo.
Magsamasama kayo nina Hernani Perez, Eduardo Ermita, Leandro Mendoza at iba pang Batanguenong katulad ninyo ay mga GAHAMANg ipinagpapalit sa salapi ang karangalan.
NAKAKAHIYA KAYONG TAWAGING MGA BATANGUENO!
Everything to lose?
Ano pa mawawala kay Corona?
Ganito pala ang mga dalubhasa sa batas kapag sila ang nasasakdal at meron mga ebidensiyang nagbabadya ng kanilang pagkadiin. Ebidensiyang maliwanag na hindi kayang ipaliwanag kung paanong nagkaroon gayung hindi kaya ng suweldo at mga allowances kasama na ang honorarium na tinatanggap. Sa halip na patunayang walang itinatago ay pilit inililihis ang atensiyon ng taong bayan at pinipilit pagtakpan ang hindi gustong malantad.
Ang panig ng depensa ay gayundin – kung ano ang kumpas ay siyang sinasayaw. Pero baliktad ‘ata. Di ba’t sila ang ang dapat magpayo sa nasasakdal kung ano ang dapat maging pahayag at hakbang?
O, baka sila na nga ang may pakana at may usapan upang lalong palabasing napakagagaling nila at kaya nilang baluktutin ang batas?
“Would Senators Lapid and Escudero be able to vote convicting CJ Corona, considering attachment with the Arroyos?”
Lito Lapid – kabalen ni Gloria, aso ng mga Arroyo sa senado.
Chiz Escudero – inaanak sa kasal ni Gloria. May narinig ba sa kanya nitong “nagtangkang tumakas” ang kanyang mga ninong at ninang?
Akala ko ba gusto nila ang katotohanan na malaman ng taumbayan?
Natakot sa pananakot?
Tandaan ang mga senador na ito!
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/13/12/senate-respects-sc-cj-accounts
Joker Arroyo – tumanda na sa pagiging pulpol.
Miriam Santiago – maka-Arroyo hanggang hukay.
Manny Villar – kanino pa ba kakampi kundi sa kakampi ng kanyang kakampi?
Ralph Recto – kababayan ni Corona. Isa pang palpak na Batangueno. Remember E-Bak? Este, E-Vat?
Francis Escudero – sa kakampi pa rin ni ninang.
Aquilino Pimentel III – siyempre, sabi ni tatang, eh.
Loren Legarda – haay, political Madam Chatterly. Tapos na ba ang kanyang anggarang bahay?
Gregorio Honasan – sus, nahuli nga’ng hubo pa ang salawal kaya napilayan.
Bong Revilla – nakow, katakataka pa ba?
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. – kung buhay lamang si apo, dinagukan na ‘yan.
Vicente Sotto III – nakalimutan na ba natin ‘yung ASO?
Jinggoy Estrada – merong utang na loob dahil na=pardon ang tatay niya.
Juan Ponce Enrile – amoy lupa na, may pakinabang pa ba?
haaaay, Sisang talon!
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/02/13/12/miriam-impeach-court-not-almighty
aba, ako’y napahanga sa boto ni sen lito lapid… wala sa script eto… unlike bong revilla ang jinggoy estrada.
Ang hinihintay kong marinig ay kung may offer din kay Joker Arroyo ng 100 milyon para i-convict si Corona.
This does not mean, however, that the SC already has power over the impeachment court, Enrile said.
Sinong inuulol ni Enrile when them 13 coward hudas including just handed Corona the victory?!
Tapos na ang impeachment, tinapos na ng 13 senator-hudas!
erase ‘including’ pls.
#37. Joe, I read somewhere a few days ago that Joker said there was no pakikialam from the palace. Kung si Joker ang sumigaw ng bribe maniniwala ako, e hindi naman nag-ingay.
Koko Pimentel disappointed me no end.
Cheezy Escudero, hanggang cheese lang talaga. I regret the old days of Ellenville when I supported him. Tse!
Mabuhay Sen. Lito Lapid! Now, you are worthy of your toga. 🙂
There’s one very important thing I just learned tonight:
Ang middle name pala ni Corona ay “Coronado”. Sobrang delusion yan, me korona na, kinoronahan pa!
Secondly, kaya nila inimbestigahan yung account niya sa PSBank dahil tumama daw siya ng ISANG MILYON (di sinabi kung dolyares o pesos) sa isang raffle. Kanina lang naikwento yan ng mga senador (o kanina ko lang narinig).
Para pala siyang si Meyor Lim, nung NBI chief pa siya, inimbestigahan niya kung lutong makaw ba yung mga panalo sa Sweepstakes, akalain mong tumama siya ng first prize!
Ellen,
Engot ang mga Abogago ni Corona mas makakapaniwala kung ang binanggit nilang pAngalan ay si Llamas na Lang at ang suhol na ibibigay ng Malacanyang ay mga “Pirated Movie” siguro mas marami pa ang maniniwala sa Presscom ng mga ulol na Abogago ni Corona.
Si Tatad ang kasama ni Llamas sa Greenberg.
Three words: Crazy, irresponsible & desperate Corona’s panel. Who’s doing fishing expedition now? Akala ko cool lang ipakalkal ni Corona mga assets nya at ipamimigay pa kuno kung sinong makakakita nito. Bakit ngayon nagtatago siya sa saya ng mismomg institusyon nya sa usapin ng dollar accounts? Ito ba ang pinuno na hustisya sa bayan? Alis na dyan……
Now I hear wisdom when the defense says we really have to protect the judiciary.
Yeah. From lawyers like them.
Or baka inggit lang mag nga ito kaya nag pa press meeting dahil biro mo ang mga senators ay makakakuha ng P100 millions sila ay PRO BONO diba. Kahit na maling tsismis na nakuha nila ay na iinis sila dahil nga free daw ang service nila.
Ang mga Sirators na bumoto sa TRO na okay ay may tinatagong DOLLAR account rin sigurado.
Talo na naman ang ating mamayan na nag hahanap ng tuwid na daan.
Samantala, naniniwala naman si Lingayen Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz na imposibleng hindi nakikialam si Pangulong Aquino sa gapangan sa impeachment trial – From Abante
Nakikialam na naman ang mga Obispo. Nag hihingay kapag di sila makakuha ng perang abuloy. Isa sila nag papagulo sa bansa natin at dapat ay ituon na lang nila ang pag aasikaso sa mga Baklang Pare at mga Mangyakis na pare. di na dapat sila makikisawsaw sa politika at puro sila mga doble “KARA”.
Flailing around in deep water. That’s what the Corona camp is doing. It is so desperate and panicky that it has lost its ability to swim.
Their latest antic last Sunday, the now-infamous P100 Million presscon, was so shot full of holes it could deservedly earn the nickname The P100 Million Chismis. Or start a joke “Senator, may 100 ka dito.” Pero cheap. Abalos was big time..“Romy, may 200 ka dito.”
The Corona is planning something desperately big and stupid. It is now obvious they plan to stop the impeachment trial altogether.. because the ragtag squad of prosecutors are actually fumbling their way to success.
Bloodied and bruised from all the ribbing from the public and Cuevas and from the impatient sneering and lecturing from Senator-Judges, they are still on their feet and unbowed.
Armed with slingshots to Cuevas’ machineguns, they have succeeded to do battle against the might of the Goliaths of the court . They are uncovering and presenting documents that are piling up as evidence against the highest ranking lawyer of the land.
They could not have done this if the Impeachment Court were not as liberal, of course. If the impeachment court had stuck strictly to judicial and court procedures, I don’t think we would have an impeachment proceeding still going on today. It would have been already over run by people power by this time. Or perhaps the Executive branch could already have stepped in to break any impasse that could have developed.
The Corona camp is striving mightily to trip the Senator-Judges, to taint their characters, to paint them as biased, to get them to lose their tempers and make foolish errors and decisions… so that Corona will have reason to walk out, or call for a mistrial.. all to stop the impeachment.
For what? The bottomline is.. so he can stay in office and continue to protect Gloria, Mike and the mob?
As I said. Big and stupid.
Corona’s PSBank records from prosecution ‘are fake,’ says witness
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/247860/news/nation/coronas-psbank-records-from-prosecution-are-fake-says-witness
Corona panalo sa TRO issued by Supreme Court… next up, impeachment trial na ipapatigil. Tapos ang laban. bahag din pala buntot ng mga senador. Wala ng kwenta ang impeachment. Alam na kung sino ang WINNER!
The witness was asked to look into the originals at her bank so that it could be determined if the prosecution’s documents were fake.
But the manner and behavior of the bank manager of PSB was weird. She kept on wanting to consult her lawyer, two lawyers at that, both named Puno.. even when asked the simplest of questions.
Something fishy with this lady..and something smells at her bank’s main office. All the bank records of Corona seem to have been spirited away from the lady’s branch and kept in the central office.
PS Bank sa Batangas pinasok ng mga kawatan = Abante Tonite
Siguro ang puntirya ng mga kawatan ay mga PSB deposit ni CJ Corona na isang taga Batangas. Kaya kapag nahuli sila, ang depensa nila ay ang sinabi ni Corona na wala siyang itinatago at yung makuha nila, kanila na.
ngawa dito ngawa doon ng mga bakya crowd…..hahhahahahaaa
CA affirms suspension of DOST exec for inaccurate SALN..
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=777377&publicationSubCategoryId=63
Isang kasalanan na pinagtuunan ng pansin ay ang “perjurious acts by indicating spurious community tax certificate (CTC) numbers used in his SALNs”. Ito ay ang cedula na karaniwang hindi siniseryoso kaya yung iba, bumibili na lang with understated income para mababa ang bayad o di kaya nagiimbento na lang ng number sapagkat hindi naman bini-verify.
Sa kaso ni Corona, sa pakilasa ko, hindi na ito titingnan ng mga Prosecutor. Bakit kamo? Sapagkat hindi malayong marami sa kanila at kahit sa Defense Team, mga senadores, congressmen, lahat lahat, na kailangang magbayad ng cedula ay hindi nagbabayad ng tamang halaga.
In relation to the hidden, unexplained wealth not listed in the SALN of the Chief Justice, the proper statement to make is what we have been hearing all the time: Figures do not lie. It is the liars who figure. – Amado P. Macasaet, Malaya
Etong si Chiz isa rin palang tsuwawa … yong sa akala mong kakampi ni Pnoy yon pala tsuwariwariwap pala … mga kakosa alam niyo na kung anong klase itong escuderong ito … sabagay di nga napagtiyagaan ang asawa niya ang kapinoyan pa kaya.
Eto namang si Tsinggoy … hayaan niyo na … kung ano ang sinabi ng master (Enrile) yon na …… wala namang utak talaga ito. Utak niya uhog lang 🙂
Phil @ 51:
My thoughts exactly. Parang pilit plinaplantsa yung evidence against Corona. The TRO I think was meant to buy him some time to cover all loose ends. Remember their mantra: “We will prove it at the right time”. When that time comes, naayos na at sasabihin nila, “See, malinis lahat”. Yun pala nasanitize na. These people play dirty. I’m afraid the 13-10 decision would give him enough time to ‘fix’ everything.
What do we expect. Malinis din ba ang mga senators talaga?
Di ba ang Supreme Court ang tiga silip ng kaliit-liitang butas ng batas para maghusga? Corona is using this tactic to his advantage. Siempre kasama niya yung dabrkads niyang gang of 8.
I wonder kung may mga pending cases sa Supreme Court ang PS Bank. I-check sana ito sa Supreme Court. Doing a favor for Corona will be beneficial to them later in their pending cases.
Di ba si Brenda eh karay karay palagi ni bansot kung saan saan siya nagpupunta? I bet you marami ding dollar account yan at pati na siguro euro. Yan ang mahirap kasi ang mga corrupt ang naghahanap ng butas na ma-impeach ang isa pang corrupt. Bothe of them will of course protect their loot. Dito nakikita ang mga kulay ng mag ito.
Ilang kaso pa ba ang nasa supreme court ng mga Marcoses? It has been over two decades na, lahat halos ng kaso nila napapanalo nila sa Supreme Court. This is why we can not expect anything else from Bong bong Marcos to oppose the TRO? Marami pa silang pending na kaso.
Ang mga senators na against sa TRO ay mga bagitong senators pa lang, asiside from a few. Wala pang mga dollar accounts. Yung mga may mga dollar account na senators, maliban kay Lapid, ay siyempre ayaw nilang mahalungkat ang dollar accounts ni Corona at baka pagdating ng panahon eh sila naman ang mabubulatlat.
Isa pa yang si Enrile. Cagayanos say kanya na yung isang malakas na pier sa Cagayan where second hand cars come in. May customs ba doon? He denuded the forests during his logging days. So what can we expect from all these clowns?
Don’t worry. Masyado lang siguro tayong nega. Praktis lang muna yan. Kaya siguro yun munang mga walang kwentang kaso ang isinampa kay Putot parang trial balloon muna.
Imagine kung kaliwa’t kanang kaso ang isasalpak mo kay Arroyo ng sabay-sabay, tapos, isang Republic Act lang pala na ipinasa nung panahon ng Martial Law ay hindi masisilip kahit pa ng pinakamataas na mga halal ng bayan kailanman.
Para saan ba yang FCDA o RA6426? Para yan sa mga bumibili ng mga ginto ni Marcos na ginagarantiyahan ng CB na hindi masisilip kailanman kung idedeposito sa bansa sa pamamagitan ng foreign currency. Kahit paano mo pabalik-baliktarin, walang naging pakinabang diyan ang taumbayan.
Sa kasalukuyang panahon, yang bank secrecy ay isang prinsipyong inabuso at pwedeng abusuhin kung papayagan ng mga corrupt na istitusyon ng gobyerno.
Napapanahon na upang mangibabaw ang konsepto ng moralidad laban sa legalidad. Ang transnational criminals ay patuloy na naghahanap ng maliliit na butas sa mga batas at patakarang fiscal at monetary upang malinis nilang maisasagawa ang pagtatago at paghuhugas ng maruming kwarta. Kasama na riyan ang sabwatan ng malalaking bangko, politiko at hustisya. Kung lalabanan natin yan ng sabay-sabay ay sa kangkungan tayo pupulutin. Mabigat na kalaban ang sistema. Sistemang kurap na pinapaikot ng maruming pera.
Wag tayong masyadong paaapekto sa mga kasalukuyang nangyayari. Para sa akin ito ay bahagi ng learning curve kung saan malaki ang ating matututunan pag dating na sa tunay na laban.
Si Corona pa lang yan.
Paano na pag si Gloria?
Several Senator-Judges rose to condemn the defense lawyers for their P100M Presscon Chismis. I was expecting they would spit fire and brimstone for this insult and disrespect to them.
I was disappointed. Kulang ang level of indignation. Where was Enrile’s impatient growls and Miriam’s shrieking?
I guess such level of ire and disrespect is reserved only for the ragtag army of prosecutors. Kawawa talaga ‘tong mga prosecutors.
In the midst of the Senator-Judges’ explanation of their votes on the SC TRO, Enrile gave a short one sentence cryptic assurance. After Senator Trillanes explained his vote, Enrile assured:
“Don’t worry. All this will unravel in due time.”
Hmmm…
And as usual, the split brained one was back again..and just couldn’t resist displaying her mastery of the law…and cruelly picked on Tupas again to make fun of.
Such is the quality and character of the Senator-Judge.. expected to sit in an international court.
Phil, it was only after AT4 moved for the defense to explain in writing why they should not be cited in contempt that the “indignation” was expressed, if at all.
Phil @ 51, henry @ 57
naisahan na naman ang kapinuyan! di totoo ang pagbabago! salamat kay brenda atbp!
Alright, alright..so the Senate has decided to respect the SC’s TRO on them. If the Senators’ plan is to temporarily take one step backwards now so they can take two steps forward later, I can agree with that.
They are banking on arguing their case before the SC? That makes them subservient to the SC. But ok. They say that the defense has already assured the dollar accounts will be opened “in due time”. But the defense lawyers are saying that is what their client Corona says. uh oh..
So the question is, do the Senators trust Corona? After saying he wants to stop the impeachment? After calling them names? After he has practically accused the senators of bribe taking?
Anyway, so okay give the senators the benefit of the doubt. Am willing to wait for theirs and Corona’s “in due time”.
But taking a page from Miriam’s cruel lecture to Congressman Tupas yesterday “What is the Senate’s standard for this over-used term “in due time”?
The prosecution’s ragtag boys have been more respectful of the Senator-Judges than the defense lawyers have been. And yet they are being treated with ridicule, shown impatient snarls and growls and general disrespect by some Senators-Judges.
The Corona camp has slapped them a TRO and called them names. Cuevas has been raising his voice with obvious regularity. but no berating, no snide remarks for them.
They just a gentle slap on the wrist. The prosecution gets slaps on the nape.
Trillanes: “The Senate missed its opportunity to stand on moral high ground.”
Yep, kahit anupa sabihin, Sen. Sonny made is so clear!
Agree, Chi.
Senator Trillanes has a way of clarifying and stating things in an uncomplicated way. As he himself has said, it is due to his uncomplicated mind.
How refreshing after listening to all these turkeys speaking gobbledygook.
I hope corona is worth the millions of Filipinos na gustong maniwala sa hustisya now gone!
Yesterday Enrile lost his cool. He said he hated to say it but the prosecution was committing a “fatal error” for its apparent failure to gather evidence against Chief Justice Renato Corona.
What?! That is the most damaging statement yet to the prosecution side. More damaging than any ever uttered by the defense lawyers of Corona. The defense will pounce on this and use this statement to the hilt.
Enrile as presiding officer-judge has done Corona a great favor.
Phil, have your heard of the “poker” face? These senators should not show their color at this time until they hear all the evidences. Maganda nga yung kunyari maka-defence sila para hindi pa-inhibit ni Corona sa impeachement ang mga senator-judges na makaprosecution sa pakiwari niya.
Parasabayan, sige, I’ll give them the benefit of my doubt meantime.
Ooops… 2pm na. Showtime na.
Manood muna tayo ng fireworks…heh,heh,heh…
Is it beyond the character of PNoy to bribe some Senators? Just how did they get the 188 congressmen to sign the impeachment without even reading it, huh?
Tingnan nyo ang score: 13-10. Ibig sabihin, dalawa lang kailangan para 12-11 for a slim majority. Sa pro-TRO, sino ang vulnerable? Recto, Legarda, Pimentel?
Preemptive strike, you would call it. Considering the stakes, PNoy could not afford to lose.
Tapos na ang Brenda Fireworks display. Getting boring though. And shrill. Like going to a mall to relax. You can’t. Too noisy. The decibel level is way beyond human comfort.
Nag hyper ventilate na naman. Solution, avoid all human contact. Talk only to the birds and the bees and the plants and the trees. Somewhere in Nepal.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/02142012/edmacasaet.html
naubos na yata ang ethics nitong si brenda. walang ginawa kundi “sabunin” ang prosekyusyon, pahiyain.
tsk. tsk. tsk.
dapat siguro pagmumugin ng muriatic acid para matanggal ang dumi sa bunganga!
Miriam berates prosecution over ‘fake’ documents
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=777483&publicationSubCategoryId=63
Sooner or later, someone from the prosecution team is bound to lose his patience and stand up to Brenda. I’m surprised that up to this point, Tupas is just taking all the insults hurled by Miriam against him. It’s becoming ridiculous already.
Sen. Santiago thinks she always in her law class in UP and doing a lecture to her students. Everyone in the courtroom listens but afraid to argue with her that they might sight in contempt or worse it may lead to her hypertension.
A, kaya ako… I just wait for Phil’s inputs, bingi na ako sa pollution ng bibig ni Brenda if I listened. 🙂
Brenda will sell everyone and take side to whom she wants so long she feels she belongs. She forgot during those days na inabandon sya and now she is back on her old self. We shouldn’t try to understand her anymore its a waste of time. She is suppose to represent us in this case but bias is so obvious its sickening. With all her knowledge about the law she forget one thing why we have the law in the first place! what a waste.