SEN.MIRIAM SANTIAGO: ANO ANG TINATAGO NIYO? LET'S HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Senator-judge Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Tuesday asked the Senate sitting as an impeachment court to be more liberal about accepting pieces of evidence against Chief Justice Renato Corona to let the public know the truth regarding the charges against the chief magistrate.

Speaking before the impeachment court for the first time, Santiago urged the other senator-judges to recall what happened during the aborted impeachment trial of former President Joseph Estrada 11 years ago in deciding how to deal with evidence in Corona's trial.

"If there is doubt, admit the evidence. That is what the people ruled during the Estrada impeachment trial," she said during Tuesday's lackluster proceedings.

Santiago made the remarks as the defense panel sought to stop the admission of evidence that would pin down Corona for his alleged failure to publicly disclose his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) and for supposedly amassing "ill-gotten wealth" during his tenure at the Supreme Court. His SALNs and titles to various properties in Metro Manila were eventually unearthed during the trial last week.

Appointed by former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as Chief Justice just a few weeks before she stepped down from office, is facing charges of culpable violation of the Constitution, graft and corruption, and betrayal of public trust in the impeachment court. He was impeached by the House of Representatives last month.

"Demonized"

As the trial entered its second week, Santiago reminded the impeachment court that the televised proceedings might give the public an impression that it is trying to hide something on Corona's assets, like what happened when 11 senators voted not to open what she described as the "notorious" second envelope during the Estrada trial.

"At that time, I wanted to apply the rules of court technically... Since there is no allegation of wrongdoing in connection with the notorious second envelope, I voted that we should not open the second envelope until and after the complaint had already been amended," she said.

"I was among those demonized because I voted against the opening of the second envelope dahil ang paniwala ng taong bayan, kung ayaw namin buksan ang second envelope na 'yan, may tinatago kami," she added.


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[zneruolnaig]

i really want to hear cuevas and senator mirriam in a debate. kasi pareho silang magaling eh.. lets see who is better..

[satanhatesu]

What if maglagay nalang ng BATAS na kung sinong official ang mapatunayang nagnakaw at dapat sentensyahan ng DEATH PENALTY...:( SA ganyang paraan wala ng CORRUPT NA POLITICIAN ang magaagawan sa pwesto, kaso nga lng sino naman ang magpatupad ng batas na yan kasi LAHAT SILA MAGNANAKAW NAMAN....

[shyrinful]

toto lol. garbage lang talaga lumabas sa bunganga nyakung sa totoo lang ano ba ang nagawa nya sa bansa natih itong si mirriam?? lahat na curroption marami pa rin at i know alam nya kung sino ang mga magnanakaw but wala din syang magawa sa bansa ,,,, nadala na rin sya parehos lang sila bla,, bla,, blaaa lang nothing else

[dharzfreeman]

@sweetheart8948 <------- Communist Chinese Troll Account Demonizing Filipinos

[JusticeForPinoys]

@reineki, sa palagay ko walang bansa tatanggap sa knya. Una, she's got a mouth louder than a 747 jet engine that has a terrible accent, so that would be noise violation. When she speaks, garbage comes out of her mouth and that too is grounds for littering. She's like a ticking time bomb, her blood pressure shoots up, boom!!!! That's no different from a suicide muslim fanatic dying for 9 ugly virgins, and that is called terrorism. She's not going nowhere :)

[reineki]

ito at ayon lng sa mga mabasa qng coments at nppnood q, sen merriam tries to explain. N mga bgay n 2 ay seryoso. At di laro. Veterano n xia pg dating d2. , alam nia ung nagppikotikot n2. Un lng po.. Ung nkkita q. Nkkita q n tlga pingttnggol niya bnsa ntin. Pwede nmn xia s ibang bnsa mgtrbho e.

[TheSimpleman36]

MASYADO SILANG MASAYA PAG MAY IMPEACHMENT,.BUMABAHA LGE NG PERA ,.ANG SIMPLENG HUSTISYA NAGIGING MASALIMUOT,ANG NAGAGAWA NGA NMN NG PERA SA TAO,.NAPAGHAHALATA SILA,.NGAYON ALAM NYO N CGURO ANG DAPAT IBOTO AT HNDI DAPAT IBOTO ULI SA DARATING NA ELEKSYON,..