Prosecutors unprepared, stumble on Day 2 By Angie M. Rosales and Benjamin B. Pulta 01/18/2012

Prosecutors unprepared, stumble on Day 2

By Angie M. Rosales and Benjamin B. Pulta 01/18/2012

Fresh questions about the competence of the House prosecution panel arose yesterday during the second day of the impeachment trial before the Senate with no less than one prosecutor-congressman admitting his panel was not ready to proceed with the first Article of Impeachment and sought a postponement of the proceedings.

Cavite (2nd District) Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. failed to convince Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to allow them to proceed to item “2” of the impeachment complaint instead of starting numerically with item number “1.”

But it was also found that the prosecution’s “evidence” for Item 2 consisted of computer-generated “documents” from the Land Registration Authority and was questioned by the presiding judge, Enrile, as these were not certified copies and there was no witness to certify to the authenticity of the documents..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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