Documents on claimed ‘ill-gotten’ wealth barred By Angie M. Rosales and Benjamin B. Pulta 01/26/2012

SENATE EXCLUDES ‘SUSPECTED, REPORTED’ CJ HIDDEN WEALTH

Documents on claimed ‘ill-gotten’ wealth barred

By Angie M. Rosales and Benjamin B. Pulta 01/26/2012

The House prosecution panel was barred by the Senate impeachment court from presenting and declaring any documents or evidence as “ill-gotten” pertaining to the Article 2, paragraph 2.4.

This was the meat of the ruling handed down by the im-peachment court and read at the opening of yesterday’s proceed-ing by the presiding officer, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, on the memorandum filed by the defense panel objecting to the inclusion of charges para-graphs 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 of Article 2 of the Articles of Impeachment.

Enrile, later, in an interview, explained that the prosecution panel cannot present documents pertaining to the bank deposits of Corona, unless it has laid down the basis or the significance of the matter in their charges..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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