Wednesday, February 8, 2012

7:35 DWFM CORONA IMPEACHMENT TRIAL: INTERVIEW WITH SUPREME COURT SPOKESMAN ATTY. MIDAS MARQUEZ BY CHERYL COSIM - KUNG TITINGNAN ANG LISTAHAN AY WALA ANG PANGALAN NG DALAWANG MAHISTRADO. HINTAYIN NA LANG NATIN ANG MAGIGING SAGOT NG SC SA INIHAING PETISYON NG PS BANK. PINAG-AARALAN NG SC KUNG MAYROON ITONG JURISDICTION SA IMPEACHMENT. SANA AY HINDI TAYO UMABOT SA CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS.
The impeachment court is amending the law on non disclosure and investigation of the law on FCDU (foreign currency deposit unit) without the benefit of a law amending it by subpoenaing the dollar account of Corona. Are law makers now law breakers? Shame on them! The defense team should charge them because its a crime they are committing. They should be brought to court or are they also above the law?
drilon saying that the impeachment court is a class by itself does not mean that it can go haywire in subverting rule of law and due process every step of the way. yes, by refusing to inhibit himself inspite of his daily role as senator judge cum member of the prosecution panel, he is a class by himself. shame is definitely not one of his most understood virtue. Wasn't he also the one who wanted Corona to inhibit? Be he wont cos his role is to help the prosecution.
at the start, cj corona submitted himself humbly before the senate impeachment court believing that it will respect his rights as protected by the constitution. he went along with much trust in its wisdom only to find out that his already vilified image and damaged reputation are further being eroded and subjected to endless persecutory actions that trampled his rights in proving  his innocence inside and outside the courtroom. the court allowed procedural and judicial leniency that is being abused daily and left him no recourse but to seek relief from the proper institution that interprets the laws of the land.
FYI from a defense lawyer pls fwd - Even if our side has not been heard yet, there are already plausible explanation on the basis of the prosecution evidence thus far - sale of two lots that generated CJ and wife around 24M not to mention the 34M being held in trust by Mrs. Corona for their family corporation. No evidence yet on allowances CJ has received in the last 8 years, the totality of which is much more than his compensation income during the period.
About 2 years ago, the children of serge osmeña with his first wife had a blog. They wrote how mean serge is and how they all hated him! It was horrible.
ANC: Senate impeachment court wont subpoena SC records, justices, citing separation of powers principle.
Anthony Taberna over dzmm teleradyo > maaari naman palang bumisita ang pangulo sa mga tinamaan ng mga trahedya. Hindi tulad ng mga pinagsasasabi ng mga tagapagpahayag ng palasyo na kapag bumisita ang pangulo ay mabubulabog ang mga residente, relief operations at maaabala ang psg at iba pang security forces ng pamahalaan.
It was Annabelle Tiongson, branch manager of PS BANK who told Gigi Sawit, who in turn gave the documents to raissa robles ... The public should know so she can be fired out by PS BANK for violating bank confidentiality! Annabelle Tiongson should be summoned by the impeachment court... Same with raissa robles... pls pass to JPE.
AKSYONTV: impeachment court denies prosecution subpoena to summon associate justices; senate president enrile scolds prosecution on taking too much liberties with the court; supreme court employees hold novena.
IMPEACHMENT VS CJ CORONA (5:37-5:46- ANC) Impeachment trial highlights
- Garcia presents bank certifications on year end balances of Corona's accounts from 2007-2010.
- Garcia: One Corona account has ending balance of more that P5 million in December 2007.
- Garcia says ending balance of one account under Corona 2008 is zero indicating it has been closed.
Estrada to Custodio: Kaya pala ayaw mo tanungin.
DZRJ 810 IMPEACHMENT NOTES: Sen. Arroyo: My Colleague is in a hurry to crucify this witness. He did not come here in bad faith. Is this witness' actions contemptuous? I don't want to keep speaking here because the minute you say something you are automatically pro-Corona... the Bill of Rights is enshrined in the Constitution... the Bill of Rights can be called on at any time... this witness is entitled to his rights... if you are in hurry... then I give up.
Enrile: The witness will be asked to submit a written explanation  and to appear here tomorrow. It is not s show cause order.
Prosecution: May we ask the witness to bring the documents we requested tomorrow?
Enrile: We have already asked him to give a written explanation tomorrow. We will not order him to bring documents. 
DZRJ 810 AM Notes on Impeachment Feb. 9, 2012.
- Drilon wants witness, PS Bank President to explain in writing by 12 noon tomorrow why he should not be held in contempt by the Senate Impeachment Court for not bringing documents Pro.
-Sen. Arroyo says the witness is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. The witness does not want to break the banking laws, but a member of this Impeachment Court is now threatening to hold this witness in contempt if he does not what he is asked to do by Drilon. Arroyo says a precedent had been set during Impeachment Trial of Erap, and at that time, the Senate ruled that peso accounts can be disclosed, but not dollar accounts. Based on this precedent, the witness should not be forced to give information on dollar accounts and should not be held in contempt.
- Sotto offers middle ground. Let the witness submit an explanation in writing to be taken up in Caucus tomorrow. Then if the Senate does not find the explanation acceptable, Senate may hold him in contempt.
- Drilon backs down and says that witness should submit explanation, and then senate can decide whether or not to hold the witness in contempt. 
- Enrile tells Drilon that Arroyo has raised an objection to his motion.
- Recto says the witness should not be held in contempt if at all because the witness represents the bank as an institution, then questions the witness. Witness says it's his personal decision.
- Arroyo reminds witness & Senate that witness is putting himself at risk to protect employees & depositors.
FWD - Some of the branches of PS BANK are experiencing unusually hi closing of accounts. Are we seeing the start of a bank run? Thanks to the Prosecution Team in the Corona impeachment trial, our banking system is being destroyed. BPI susunod ka na! PLS PASS.
SA PS BANK, delikado ang confidentiality ng deposit nyo. Kaya't halina't mag-withdraw  agad sa PS BANK bago ma-CORONA kayo! Pls pass.
ANC: House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez plans to file resolution to probe how Corona's bank records were leaked to House prosecutors. Rep Magsaysay says, the docs cant be considered evidence if they are illegally acquired.
while some senators judges allied to pnoy may consider the impeachment court AS ABOVE ANY COURT OF LAW - they should also be aware that NO BRANCH OF GOVT is ABOVE the CONSTITUTION. respect to each other should always be maintained. Impeachment Court is not a SUPERBODY above anything else possessing absolute powers that can be abused nor it is licensed to do whatever it pleases.
ANC: Atty. Quicho on motion asking SC to stop Corona trial: "We are just defensing the rights of our client."
Raissa Robles, Justice Carpio's girl Friday moonlighting as a journalist, is the short lady who handed the envelope to Cong. Umali. Ipasubpoena na yan ng Senado. Pls pass.
Wow! Eto na naman ang Prosecution, pati witness nila. Kapag tinatanong, hindi sumasagot. Iba ang sinasagot sa mga tanong. Paano, kung talagang sasagutin ang mga tanong ni Cuevas at Enrile, mabibisto na wala silang kaso at ang baluktot nilang pagiisip at paggawa ng dahilan. Pati asal nila sa korte ng Senado, bastos. Paano, balibaliktarin man nila ang mundo, mali ang Prosecution. Patuloy pa rin nilang pinipilit na tama ang mali. Buti nalang pasensiyoso sina Cuevas at Enrile. Kung tutuusin, dapat yang mga ganyan kasing tigas ng ulo at mayabang katulad ng Prosekusyon ay nababangga na sa pader ang mga ulo sa katigasan at nasasailalim na sa Special Education Program sa katangahan nila na pinipilit na ipalunok sa atin.
Pls text blast: Preparations for yellow mass action spotted. Jeeps readied for 'hakot' in the highway. Hakot moves have been reported in tondo and other areas... even in senate reports.
ANC: Atty. Manalo: May nakita ka na bang defense lawyer na naglabas sa media ng dokumento o ebidensya na gagamitin sa trial? Wala. Because we adhere to the rules of the impeachment court.
ANC: Atty. Manalo: Ayaw namin ng trial by publicity. That's so unfair for the respondent. On national TV sasabihin nila 45 properties. Pagdating sa Senado, 21 lang pala. E sinira mo na ung pangalan ni Chief Justice.

Drilon is right-
impeachment court is a class by itself-it's the only court where a sitting judge can assist the prosecution, attack the defense and get away with it.
DZMM: PSBank naghain ng 30 page petition para hilingin sa SC na magpalabas ng TRO vs impeachment court sa pagharap nito ng mga dokumento.
ANC-CHIEF JUSTICE ON TRIAL 12:18-12:19- Dateline Philippines - by Tj Manotoc- The PSBank seek TRO against the subpoena of Corona bank accounts for it violated RA 6426 saying that the Impeachment Court committed grave abuse of discretion and arbitrarily ignored the Constitutional right to life and property of Corona citing several SC decision on the matter by issuing the subpoena for Corona's bank account.
STANDARD- Aquino burns the wires while quake hits-His schedule is too tight as a result of his many meetings, but his critics say he managed to talk to television host Grace Lee, 28 his rumored girlfriend, for three hours on the day the earthquake struck. Mr. Aquino turns 52 today. "As a father of the nation, he should be physically present and one with the people," House Minority Leader and Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez said. Deputy Minority Leader and Zambales Rep. Milagros Magsaysay said that if sympathizing with the victims of disasters was not in Mr. Aquino's vocabulary, "we should not expect more from him.