Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Thursday said the prosecution still has a chance to save their case amid their continuous booboos in the impeachment trial proceedings if they present a surprise witness or if they convince Supreme Court Associate Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to testify.
Impeachment court Presiding Justice Juan Ponce Enrile dismissed Secretary Leila de Lima’s testimony as hearsay, saying the witness was not competent to testify whether the alleged irregularities in the issuance of the temporary restraining order (TRO) were true or not.
Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan on Thursday said the prosecution panel should inform the Senate, acting as an impeachment court, of its plans on which articles of impeachment would be presented and which would be withdrawn to avoid “unpleasant surprises.”
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago is seeing the defeat of the prosecution team as shown by its lack of preparedness to defend the impeachment case against Chief Justice Renato Corona.
The impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona resumed on Thursday with the defense team expected to continue its cross examination of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima.
Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is back at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City Thursday after pleading “not guilty” to the electoral sabotage case filed against her by the Commission on Elections.
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Thursday entered a plea of not guilty to charges of electoral sabotage.
A convoy of two white coaster vans, one of which is expected to have former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and security are near the Pasay regional trial court.
Court hearings in Pasay City were put on hold until after former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been arraigned, say police.
A security convoy with two white coaster vans left the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City early Thursday but it wasn’t clear whether former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was in any of the vehicles.
The ground commander for the security force assigned to maintain order around the vicinity of Veterans Memorial Medical Center has arrived and is now inside the room of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, a police officer said Thursday.
Security tightened Thursday around the vicinity of the government-run hospital where former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been confined as she prepares to leave for her scheduled arraignment before a local court.
The defense team on Wednesday said Justice Secretary Leila De Lima’s testimony during the proceedings was like hearsay.
