In the name of God, go!
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
What a difference a good and independent impeachment presiding judge and an equally good majority leader makes.
Presiding judge Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile is fast proving to the nation that indeed, an impeachment court can be as solemn, orderly and dignified as a Supreme Court hearing, with him as a judge in control of the trial.
The difference is clearly seen when compared to the then presiding justice of the impeachment trial of then sitting President Erap Estrada, then Chief Justice Hilario Davide, who allowed the House prosecutors full control of the trial, to the point of not even continuing with the trial after the private prosecutors walked out of the impeachment court, when he, as then presiding justice, could have easily commanded the House prosecutors to continue with the trial under pain of contempt and even disbarment. But it was also just as clear he wouldn’t have done it, since he was not an impartial justice, and worse, was clearly involved in the elite coup d’etat against the Estrada government..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20120118com2.html
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