Corona Impeachment Trial to Reveal Truth

Posted by Maribojoc Bohol on February 14th, 2012 in World News

Senate minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday stressed the need for them as senator-judges to be not only politically neutral and impartial but to uncover the truth in the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.

Cayetano issued this statement amidst suspicions of both members of the prosecution and the defense panels of partiality on the part of senator-judges owing to the seeming leaning of their manifestations during the trial.

“The nature of this case is different. We are not talking about criminal or civil proceedings here. We are talking about whether it is wrong or right to impeach an impeachable officer. It is right or wrong?” he said.

“If there are pieces of evidence or issues that are not addressed during the impeachment trial simply because of the passiveness of the senator-judges, who do you think will be made to suffer and will eventually be blamed?” he asked.

The minority leader was also quick to point out that even silence on their part could also be taken as a sign of partiality.

“If a judge is already partial, he wouldn’t need to ask questions,” he said.

He, therefore, urged the public not be so quick to label the senator-judges as being for either the prosecution or defense since their manifestations during the trial are mainly aimed at ferreting out the truth.

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