Senate must weigh 'falsifications' on PSBank doc - Enrile
MANILA, Philippines - Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Wednesday said it is up to the Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, to weigh the alleged alterations on a bank document used in the impeachment trial on Chief Justice Renato Corona.
"If this document is found to be falsified in some respect, then we will determine whether the falsification is substantial enough to exclude this evidence as an evidence in this case and to make those responsible for that alterations responsible for it and answer for it," he said.
He added that it will be the burden of the prosecution why they asked for subpoenas from the court on the basis of an altered document.
During Wednesday's hearing, PSBank branch manager Anabelle Tiongson insisted that the bank documents submitted by House prosecutors are fake.
"They are not the same. They are fake. In our banking practice, kapag magkaiba yan, they are fake. They are spurious," she said.
Asked about the differences between the documents and the originals, she said: "There were entries in the original that were not in the photocopies and there were entries in the photocopies that were not in the original."
PSBank president Pascual Garcia said the submitted document had markings such as underlines and highlights that are not present in the original. He said the document also lacked signatures that are present in the original.
Sen. Joker Arroyo questioned why the impeachment court continued to look into a supposedly forged document.
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pnoy dictador
The bank secrecy law is clear on stating that foreign currency accounts (dollar accounts) could not be disclosed to anyone unless with the written consent of the depositor. but since corona earned the ire of the president, pnoy ordered the two branches of the government to dig up corona's bank accounts in order to black mail the latter. that is one credible thing that would justify or explain why ...the bank accounts of corona were exposed and fell into the hands of the prosecution.
the malacanan tenant is the one who ordered BSP and AMLC to investigate corona. to do that, BSP came up with a dept. circular that classified certain people as "PEP" or politically exposed personalities. this is all intended to give way to the witch hunt which the palace tenant orchestrated and to circumvent the law so he could get back at his perceived political foes. with the advent of such dept. circular, BSP and AMLC began a special witch hunt for PEPs who can be a subject for audits and whose accounts can be examined. this did not just put the banking industry in bad light but it has a big impact to the bank depositors. it sends a disturbing thought that this government could illegally order an investigation of the bank account(s) of anyone using BSP and AMLC's. the memo itself deeply encroach into the rights of our people. we can safely say that the law could not protect anyone who's a perceived political foe of the chief executive. the tendency of pnoy being a dictator is right in front of our doorsteps.
for the record, the two branches of the executive (BSP and AMLC) have no business investigating the accounts (dollar) of corona for two reasons. first, there is no court order to investigate the bank accounts of the chief justice. second, the law is clear in bank secrecy that all foreign currency deposits should be treated with utmost confidentiality unless with the written consent of depositor.
What the BSP and AMLC could not deny is that, they have examined the bank records of corona in PS Bank without a court order nor did they determine probable cause to start an investigation. one undeniable fact is that, the BSP auditors accompanied by certain Jerry Leal (anti-frau expert) have investigated the 1 million peso that corona won in a bank raffle. however, the million dollar question is this, why would BSP and AMLC would do a joint investigation involving the chief justice if there is no direct order from the tenant of malacanan? remember that this investigation on corona's accounts happened late last year while the president is berating the chief justice in many forums.
the tenant of the palace is hardly known to uphold, obey and defend the law. to make things worse, BSP and AMLC both vowed to execute the illegal orders of the boy from the stinky pasig river. take it from garcia, the man has more credibility than the man (?) in the palace.See More
TECHNICALITY v TRUTH, TRUTH WINS SA IMPEACHMENT
yun impeachment "court" ay hindi totoong korte. para lang korte kasi yun proceso ginagaya lang yun proceso sa korte para maayos ang takbo. pero hindi kailangang tumupad sa walang pasubaling mga patakaran ng totong korte, kaya nga nagpalabas ng mga sariling patakaran sa maraming bagay ang senado na gagamitin sa impeachment, at yun ibang patakaran, gagamitin na lang ang patakaran sa korte para nga may kaayusan.
importante ang malaman ang kaibahan na ito kasi sa totoong korte, kahit ano ang totoong nangyari ay hindi kasing importante ng teknikalidad ng batas. ang mas importante ay ang ebidensya at kung ano ang kahulugan o sinasabi ng ebidensya ayon sa teknikalidad ng batas. alam ng lahat na may nakukulong kahit walang kasalanan at nakakalaya kahit guilty at ito ay dahil sa teknikalidad ng batas ng ebidensya. ito ngayon ang gustong gawin na palusot ng depensa ni corona. hindi pwede palusot na ito. sa impeachment court, ang importante ay kung ano ang totoong nangyari ayon sa palalabasin ng ebidensya para malaman ng tao ang katotohanan at base doon ay pagbobotohan ng mga senadores.
kung magkaroon ng banggaan ang teknikalidad ng batas ng ebidensya at katotohanan, sa impeachment court dapat katotohanan ang magwagi. kung may katotohanan na yun mga dokumento inilabas ng prosekusyon ay peke, hindi dapat makaapekto sa katotohanan na nagsinungaling si corona sa kanyang SALN. depende sa kung alam ng prosekuyon o hindi kung peke nga, ang tanging epekto ng pekeng dokumento ay makasuhan yun may alam na peke yun at ipinirisinta pa rin bilang ebidensya at yun mga hindi nakakaalam na peke walang kaso kahit sila pa nagprisinta. hindi dapat sundin sa impeachment court ang sinasabing teknikalidad na "fruit of the poisonous tree," o ebidensya na galing sa iligal na paraan na sa totoong korte ay hindi pwedeng tanggapin. sa impeachment court, dapat ikunsidera lahat ng ebidensya, kahit pa "fruit of the poisonous tree."
si corona ba, yun kinabukasan nya sa korte suprema, iaaasa niyang maisasalba sya ng teknikalidad? eh paano ngayon yan lumabas na baho nya? super kapal ba ng mukha niya na magpipilit pa rin sya sa pwesto kahit alam na lahat ng taumbayan na marami syang hidden wealth at nandaya sa SALN? sino ba nagturo sa kanya nito, si gloria ba? kung si gloria, di na nakapagtataka. sabagay tinanggap ni corona CJ appointment kahit tutol halos lahat ng sambayanan dahil midnight appointment. baka nga talagang makapal.
sa ibang bansa, yun mga pareho ni corona nagreresign na para maisalba kahit konting kahihiyan. yun iba nagsu-suicide pa. dito sa pilipinas buking na kapit tuko pa. haaay! onli in da pilipins! abangan susunod na kabanata.