Cross-Examine Renato Corona on Impeachment

Posted by Maribojoc Bohol on January 17th, 2012 in Local News

Retired Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Serafin Cuevas, the lead counsel of the defense team of SC Chief Justice Renato Corona, on Tuesday expressed their readiness to cross-examine the evidence and witnesses of the prosecution.

Cuevas, a former Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary, told the Senate Impeachment Court that the impeachment is not a criminal case because the penalty for impeachment is removal from office and not imprisonment.

However, the House prosecution panel, through Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga, manifested that the panel had true certified copies of computer-generated documents, but asked for the postponement of Tuesday’s proceedings so that they will be ready for tomorrow’s hearing.

Barzaga said that the issue of the re-arrangement of the articles of impeachment could have been addressed if there was a pre-trial of the case.

Cuevas questioned the changes in the prosecution’s presentation of the eight articles of impeachment such that the prosecution would like to begin with the presentation of Article No. II.

Article No. II pertains to the alleged ill-gotten wealth amassed by the embattled Chief Justice which were not declared in his statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN).

Senator-Judge Joker Arroyo asked the prosecution panel to re-arrange the presentation of their evidences for each article of impeachment.

In a press conference, Defense Spokesperson Atty. Karen Jimeno said that they were happy with the conduct of the proceedings for today’s hearing, especially with the way Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile presided over the impeachment trial.

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