Lawyers, judges appeal anew to senators to be impartial
By Ted Boehnert and Benjamin B. Pulta 01/23/2012The bias of some senator judges in the impeachment trial is becoming too obvious for comfort and local judges and lawyers are now calling on members of the Senate impeachment court to put off politics as usual and try the case of Chief Justice Renato Corona objectively.
The Metropolitan and City Judges Association of the Philippines (MetCJAP) also appealed to the senators to disregard political affiliations and even public opinion when they cast their votes on whether the Chief Justice is guilty or not of the eight articles of impeachment filed against him by the House of Representatives.
“As senator judges, they owe it to the people not only to be impartial, independent and honest but they should be perceived to be impartial, independent and honest as well,” MetCJAP president and Cagayan de Oro City Judge Cesar Merlas said, in an interview..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20120123hed3.html
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