Enrile to get to bottom of prosecution's 'deceit'
MANILA, Philippines - Did the prosecution panel deceive senator-judges when it attached an allegedly fake document in requesting a subpoena for Chief Justice Renato Corona's dollar accounts?
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, the impeachment court's presiding officer, said he will get to the bottom of it.
"I am interested to find out whether there is deceit in the request," he told reporters on Tuesday.
Asked what possible sanctions members of the prosecution team would face if they are found lying, Enrile only answered that lawyers know the penalties for it.
He said, however, that the subpoena for the dollar accounts would be canceled if it is based on a spurious document.
Enrile explained that the impeachment court presumed good faith when it received the request for subpoena with the attached document.
"But it is the responsibility of the party asking the help of a court to see to it that the ethics of the profession must always be there," he said.
On the 16th day of the trial, the branch manager of PS Bank in Katipunan Ave. testified that the document attached to the prosecution's request for subpoena was a fake.
Rep. Reynaldo Umali of the prosecution claimed in an earlier hearing that an anonymous "small lady" handed the document to him. But during Monday's hearing, Senator-Judge Vicente Sotto III announced that the Senate's closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage showed no small lady approaching Umali.
Sotto said on Tuesday that the Senate's CCTVs are "so extensive," and that only senators' rooms and restrooms are not covered.
"What appears is that he was not exactly truthful in his narration in the court," he said, referring to Umali. "Hindi maganda 'yan. Common sense will dictate that once you enter the court and give a narration or give a testimony, it must be truthful."
The prosecution team is expected to submit a written explanation on the matter to the impeachment court on Tuesday.
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Blunder Committed By Senate
Enrile explained that the impeachment court presumed good faith when it received the request for subpoena with the attached document. But Enrile knows that the account numbers appearing on the subpoena request should not be there in the first place. The prosecution technically should have no knowledge of the accounts before the court order was issued due to bank secrecy law. Presuming good faith is not a good excuse at all.
Fair go for the people
Miriam was (again) abusing Tupas (and the Prosecution) yesterday and blabbering into a territory she obviously has no credentials or authority to do so.
When Miriam asked Tupas what guarantee he has that there will be no bankrun if the dollar deposit of corona is opened for scrutiniy in the Impeachment Court…
… TUPAS SHOULD HAVE REPLIED: “If I may respond to your question Madame Senator Judge – IN THE FIRST PLACE WHAT GUARANTEE DO YOU HAVE THAT THERE WILL BE A BANKRUN IF WE OPENED THIS PARTICULAR PERSON’S ACCOUNT TO SCRUTINY in the search for truth in this Impeachment Court?
The thing was Miriam was asking for a definitive reply on something that’s merely based on her assumption.
And her assumption was based on an occurrence that happened only once (no established trend) and that DID NOT RESULT IN A REAL BANK RUN (just an occurrence of unsustained and brief period of heavy withdrawal in ONE bank).
In this impeachment trial we saw how the defence camp is so malicious, maangal, demanding, scheming, lying.
Any semblance of Senator Judges doing something (like probing the witness or evidence) that is not according to their interest THEY ARE QUICK TO CRY FOUL.
Here comes Miriam openly and repeatedly abusing and humiliating the Prosecution (and in the process affecting their performance) and yet no one seems to think Miriam is being unfair.
Susmaryosep, even the publicity stunt of corona camp that maliciously imputed malicious stuff about the Senator Judges it seems will come to pass without even a slap on the wrist.
What’s going on?
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TRUTH
paragraph 2.1 and 2.2 of art. 2 alleges the non-disclosure of CJ's SALN.
TRUTH: drilon manged to extract the SALN of CJ. because of this, the court confirmed that corona regularly files his SALN. thus, compelling the prosecutors to abandon the accusation of non-declaration of SALN.
paragraph 2.3 of art. 2: alleges that the CJ failed to declare some of his properties accurately in his SALN and that he committed perjury.
TRUTH: the law allows corrections in CJ's SALN. that being the case, no law has been violated not even perjury is applicable. additionally, perjury is not even an impeachable offense.
paragraph 2.4 of article 2: alleges that corona amassed ill-gotten wealth.
TRUTH: the senate itself made a ruling that par. 2.4 of art 2 will no longer be tackled since article 2 does not allege corona of amassing ill-gotten wealth. the prosecution is prohibited by the senate impeachment court to tackle par. 2.4 of art 2. the prosecution needed to cure art 2 or toss the impeachment complaint back to prostituted congress before they can touch the issue of ill-gotten wealth.
included in the articles of impeachment, CJ's failure to account on JDF.
TRUTH: COA cleared corona involving this accusation (2010 JDF) prior to the commencement of the trial.
the prosecution accused corona of having 45 properties.
TRUTH: during the impeachment trial, it was proven that the list of 45 properties is bloated.
Prosecution used bank documents to force the issuance of subpoena
TRUTH: the documents used by the prosecution were confirmed to be fake as stated by PS bank president gracia and branch manager tiongson. evidently, the documents used by the prosecution were acquired illegally.
umali said the documents used to subpoena corona's account were handed by a "little lady."
TRUTH: upon review of the CCTV, the little lady is missing. could it be an apparition?
truth
selective truth will not set you free.
TRUTH: Corona did not tell the truth in his SALN.
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by Candymint on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 03:08
Liar, liar go to hell Thief Justice Corona. Here you go...
http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/06/mr-corona-prove-that-you-have-nothing...
BETRAYAL OF PUBLIC, ESTE, MARITAL TRUST
Chief Justice Renato Corona wants to project the image that he is a loving husband to his wife, Cristina. The fact is, the Chief Justice has not only betrayed the public trust but most importantly, has betrayed his marital vow.
If the Chief Justice is man enough, He should admit the fact that he has a long-standing romantic relationship with a gentle lady named EVA with whom the Chief Justice has two (2) illegitimate sons. EVA also hails from Batangas and had her education from Assumption College just like his wife Cristina who also graduated earlier from the same school.
For Chief Justice Renato C. Corona not to mention his children with EVA as if they do not exist at all, is the highest form of ignominy and immorality that he can commit not only against his legitimate wife and family but against his oath as the highest magistrate of the land.
An inquiry into his relationship with EVA and his illegitimate children in connection with the on-going impeachment trial becomes extremely necessary in the light of the properties given by the Chief Justice to them. EVA, who has previously undergone a heart bypass operation, is known not to have worked from the time she had this romantic liaison with the Chief Justice nor does she have any known business of her own and yet, EVA is luxuriously living in the United States, together with her two (2) illegitimate children with the good Chief Justice.
The SALN of CJ Corona does not indicate any such properties.
And the reason for the frequent trips of CJ Corona to the United States, the latest of which was late last year, was to visit EVA and his children with her. That CJ Corona could afford to support the kind of luxurious lifestyle of EVA and her children in the U.S. is certainly for the Chief Justice to explain considering his small salary.
A simple investigation on the identity and circumstances of EVA can easily be done by a simple inquisition in Batangas as well as from the classmates, relatives and friends of EVA and of CJ Corona.
I know these facts because EVA is a relative of mine and it pains me immensely to see the Chief Justice professing his love for Cristina on nationwide television when he has confessed to my relative that he loves her far more than his wife. In fact, the Chief Justice made EVA believe that he was already separated from his wife Cristina. This probably explains why for the longest time, the Chief Justice has not reported in his SALN the fact of Cristina's working in government and the fact that Cristina has not signed the SALNs as his wife.
Betrayal of public trust? This is a small matter than what the Chief Justice has done to his wife and family which constitutes the highest form of immoral act - BETRAYAL OF MARITAL TRUST.
Real name of CJ Corona's girlfriend - Eva Auria; She hails from Rosario, Batangas; She graduated from Assumption College (not from Maryknoll College) She has two (2) sons with CJ Corona who are now in their teens; She is residing now in the United States. CJ Corona's wife, Cristina, knows about the elicit relationship of her husband with Eva. To know more about the details on Eva, a simple investigation of Eva's background in Rosario Batangas and Assumption College would elicit the necessary informations. Eva has plenty of properties in the US. They keep secret the exact address. The bagman of CJ Corona (who facilitates the transfer of funds from Corona to Eva is "Abet" who is a relative by affinity of Eva, being married to a stepsister of Eva. (The wife of Abet has the same mother as Eva but different Fathers). The biggest delivery to Eva involves the bribe money given by the Aguirres of Banco Filipino.
If the bank accounts of CJ Corona and his wife are opened, it will not be a surprise to see a running balance of not less than P200M. The bribe from the owner of the previously closed alone was a whopping P200M. And most money went to Eva through the Assistance of Abet.
The sons of Corona carry the name of the mother. But CJ Corona has openly recognized Ate Eva's sons as his. A simple search at the NSO using "Renato C. Corona" would readily reveal this. For a time, when Eva was still in the Philippines, Renato and Eva lived as husband and wife. In fact, all our relatives in Rosario, Batangas and in the United States, knew the long-standing relationship. We all thought that Renato was already separated from Cristina. Some of Renato's relatives in Tanuan, Batangas where he hailed from, know about this relationship. Some friends of Renato have seen the 2 sons and have been their ninongs. All our relatives thought really that Renato will never deny his relationship with Ate Eva. Sana hindi nya gagawin iyon kasi kawawa sya at ang mga bata.