Unprepared and fishing FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/19/2012

Unprepared and fishing

FRONTLINE

Ninez Cacho-Olivares

01/19/2012
One of the reasons the prosecutors seem unprepared to prove their charges against the Chief Justice as spelled out in the eight Articles of Impeachment is that the members of the House — at least those congressmen, 188 of them, were, apart from being bribed with the early release of their pork barrel and additional pork, reportedly were told not to worry about signing the complaint, even without reading the Articles of Impeachment because the congressmen were told that with all the humiliation that will be faced prior to the Senate trial, the CJ, like the resigned Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, will be forced to resign and that there would be no trial.

Unfortunately for both Noynoy and the House prosecutors, the CJ decided to face the music and has already said that he has reached the point of no return and is willing to undergo trial.

But because the CJ has opted not to resign, the prosecutors are now unprepared to prove their case..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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