The senate must now sit as a jury and presume the CJ guilty. If the defense thinks that
they score a point, they are wrong for whatever reasonable defense they will put up; the people will think of ” flight” for what can you call CJ's panic in seeking a TRO (to stop the revelation of his dollar accounts) as a sign of
guilt. The defense is trying to condition people’s minds that this is a criminal court where guilt has to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, but the senate is no
ordinary people. They know that in an impeachment court, all the prosecution needs is to establish a “reasonable doubt” as to the fitness of the CJ to
continue sitting as one CJ. As in the case of
Estrada, the prosecutors, instead of walking out (no to the opening of Erap’s accounts), should now rest their case. They have established enough reasonable doubt
to impeach the CF. They should rest
their case while the dollar account hangs over the head of Corona like the
sword of Damocles, like the envelope containing alleged accounts of Estrada.
Corona’s dollar account, like Estrada’s unopened envelope, is better left locked
in the bank’s computers…
SC issues TRO on CJ's alleged dollar accounts
by Ira Pedrasa, ABS-CBNnews.com
Palace says TRO 'brazen effort to derail trial'
MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) - The Supreme Court (SC), in a vote of 8-5, issued on Thursday an indefinite temporary restraining order (TRO) on the subpoena issued by the impeachment court on the alleged dollar accounts of Chief Justice Renato Corona in Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank).
In a press conference, SC spokesman and Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez said the high court took note of the provision under Foreign Currency Deposit Act. The law specifically states that a disclosure of foreign currency bank accounts can only be made upon written permission from the depositor.
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