by Rick B. Ramos Lesson No.1. Senators will vote along party lines and/or in coalition with other parties and depending whether they are up for re-election soon or not. Hence, the senators cannot be expected to render impartial judgement on an Impeachment Trial. They will vote in the same or similar manner as they do [...]
Day 44 and the last day of the Corona Impeachment Trial : Judgment day
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIALS – DAY 44, May 29, 2012 THANK YOU, EVERYONE! by Wilfred Avila Why did it take me so long to write this? Simple, I just found it too painful to do so. I still do. But even this series of reports on the Impeachment Trial has to have a closure, painful though [...]
Corona on the night after the verdict
This is a post from Wilfred Avila, a friend of Renato Corona . I removed some names in this post Immediately after the trial, a few other friends and I ate a humble dinner together commiserating with the loss and the pain we all commonly felt. After the dinner, we together with our children trooped [...]
Read or Download: May 29 Senate Impeachment Court Record and the Verdict
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile explains his guilty verdict for Chief Justice Renato Corona under Article II of the impeachment complaint. Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Enrile’s vote rounded up the 20 in favor of conviction against the 3 who voted for acquittal. (Photo by JOE ARAZAS) Read or download the 40 page May 29 Senate [...]
Senator @kikopangilinan explanation of verdict on the case vs Chief Justice Renato Corona
“DI DAPAT IKAILA KUNG WALANG TINATAGONG MASAMA” Senator-Judge Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan’s explanation of verdict on the case vs Chief Justice Renato Corona Hindi dineklara ni Ginoong Corona ang daang milyong piso at dolyar na account. Hindi niya idineklara taon-taon ang mga milyon- milyong pisong pag-aari ng mga condo units. Ang hindi pagdeklara ng makatotohanang SALN [...]
The verdict of Senator/Judge Bongbong Marcos is for ACQUITTAL.
Senator/Judge BONGBONG MARCOS: The lady justice wears a blindfold for a reason. She is to render judgment based on law and evidence, without regard to the circumstances and personalities of the parties involved — however controversial they may be. She is to dispense justice without fear or favor We all took an oath to “do [...]
An unofficial transcription of Senator Arroyo’s speech in the impeachment trial today
“Impeachment is a political process not a political assassination. An impeachment aspires to be a judicial proceeding that makes imperative that it sticks to judicial rules. Impeachments must ever uphold the due process that no citizen high or low can be denied. That is why we wear judicial robes… to listen, to ponder and decide [...]
IBP says Impeachment Trial “Triumph of Rule of Law” calls P-noy to lead healing process
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the nation’s premier organization of lawyers, today described the the impeachment trial as a “triumph of the rule of law” and urged President Benigno Aquino II to start and lead the healing process to unify the country amid what it considered “deep wounds” and “fractious effects” of the impeachment [...]

















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