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Defense told to be man enough, bare bribery source

By Shielo Mendoza, Yahoo! Southeast Asia | Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom – Mon, Feb 13, 2012

Irked senator-judges challenged Chief Justice Renato Corona's defense team to reveal their source on the alleged Palace attempt to bribe them.

“Pangalanan niyo kung sino ang nagsabi. Magpakalalaki tayo dito. Hindi biro ang ginagawa namin dito,” Senator Jinggoy Estrada told the defense on Monday.

Lawyers of Corona on Sunday claimed Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, acting in behalf of President Benigno Aquino III, supposedly offered senator-judges P100-million worth of earmarked projects each if they would vote to defy SC’s TRO.

But citing attorney-client privilege, the defense refused to identify their “credible” source.

“You are all accountable for attempting to besmirch this institution. You have crossed a line. Malaking insulto ito sa institutsyon at sa aming mga senator-judge,” said Estrada, and claimed he did not receive a call from Ochoa for that purpose.

Defense lawyer Jose Roy III apologized and clarified that they never meant taint the integrity of the senators.

“Hindi namin nais palabasin na kayo ay nasuhulan. Your integrity has never been in question in our eyes. There was no malice in the part of the defense. We did that as a matter of principle,” Roy said.

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, however, questioned defense's timing.

“Kapag bumoto kami to defy the TRO, ang labas ay nasuhulan kami. Kapag naman bumoto kami to obey the TRO, ang labas natakot kami sa alegasyon ninyo. The mere fact that we have to stand here and deny whether we decide in favor or not, nalagay na kami sa alanganin,” Cayetano said.

He added, “You made us susceptible to allegations of bribery. Ang implikasyon tuloy kami’y nauutusan lamang dito ng pangulo.”

Senator Pia Cayetano likewise noted that it is the counsels' duty to uphold the court's dignity, not to taint their names.

Cayetano added that unless the defense were able to divulge their source, the allegation would only serve to promote distrust to the court.

The Senate, as recommended by Senator Antonio Trillanes, ordered the defense to explain in writing why they should not be cited in contempt of the court.

Read related stories on the impeachment trial:

Senate heeds SC TRO on Corona dollar accounts
Another bank account shows Corona's millions
SC stops impeach court from disclosing CJ’s foreign accounts

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366 comments

Neil • Manila, National Capital Region • 3 months ago
Who isn't corrupt in government let that person be the one to cast the first stone
- Art 3 months ago
  wala ciempre, pero dapat lng my sinisimulan. Tama?
- Reymond David 3 months ago
  ikaw mauna ka na
Batman • Manila, National Capital Region • 3 months ago
Nobody in his right mind will believe the 100M per senator bribe scandal. This concocted story authored by the Defense was meant to preempt the senator judge to follow the SC TRO. The lies presented by the prosecution was closer to the truth than that of the defense.
- Cyrano 3 months ago
  If the lies you attribute to the prosecution refer to the bank report, the information it contained were in fact truthful. The bank merely did not have an existing report that matched the format of the prosecution's copy, hence they declared it fake.
  
  Keep in mind, the bank is naturally doing its best to disavow any leak on their part even if there really was. The prosecution at worst is guilty of a technicality but as far as truth is concerned no false information was ever presented in that report.
kiss me kiss me • Manila, National Capital Region • 3 months ago
YES! Fake lang PALA? toink!
- JONATHAN 3 months ago
  anung fake? inamin na nga ng presidente ng psbank na existing ung mga account na yun? with the corresponding balances. tapos sasabihin ng 'empleado' lang ng banko na peke? ang alledge fake na sinasabi nila yung ginamit na supplimentary doc sa subpoena. kung mapatunayan ngang fake, matetechnical na naman ang prosecution. Pero the point is, lumabas na mismo sa bibig ng psbank president na totoo and existing ang mga account na yun. Nalaman na ng publiko ang totoo.
- JONATHAN 3 months ago
  magiging bulag ba tayo sa katotohanan dahil lang sa technicalidad?
  "A litigation is not a game of technicalities in which one, more deeply schooled and skilled in the subtle art of movement and position, entraps and destroys the other. It is rather a contest in which each contending party fully and fairly lays before the court the facts in issue and then, brushing aside as wholly trivial and indecisive all imperfections of form and technicalities of procedure, asks that justice be done upon the merits.” - Renato Corona
  Corona coined these wise words himself. Sana i-apply nya sa sarili nya.
- noel victor 3 months ago
  iho bawal ang illegal na ibedensya, specially if acquired illegally, 2 wrongs doesn't make it right.
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mine • Manila, National Capital Region • 3 months ago
cno pa sa n u gus2 mag aral nang law?at ka pag atty na napakasinungaling,tsk tsk.lahat nang mga lawyer sinungaling! pra lng mag ka pera.
- Iver Ivlerson 3 months ago
  oo nga mga p- ina mga yan F.... bullshit
- Gail Aguba-Dospueblos 3 months ago
  I disagree... not really... Try to study law, you will know why...
- mine 3 months ago
  @ gail, maniwala ka skin,tatay ko lawyer,lagi kami nag aaway kasi kahit mag nanakaw,mamamatay tao,pag kinuha syang bilang defense tinatanggap nya.kaya d na ako nakatira smin kasi d is own nya ako.kasi d ko daw naintindihan trabaho nya,mas lalo d nya naintindihan trabaho nya sa mata nang diyos.
rose • 3 months ago
isa lang ang dapat sabihin sa defense team...eto lang oh.....CNUNGALING! CNUNGALING! CNUNGALING! CNUNGALING! CNUNGALING! nagmukha lang kayong adik sa ginawa ninyo
Taong-bayan • 3 months ago
The dollar account to be used as evidence is decided to be kept secret. Even the source of propaganda is another secret. Secrecy is the secret of corruption, anyway. Why keeping secret when searching for truth? Corrupt politicians/officials will definitely answer, "SECRET".
- Jack 3 months ago
  Tumpak!
Ace • Quezon City, National Capital Region • 3 months ago
Ang paghuhusga ay dapat lamang na mai klaro na kung sino dapat ang nagkasala. Para sakin sapat na ang ebedinsya na naipakita ng prosekusyon at dapat ng ma aksyonan ito sa madaling panahon!!!
R I D D L E R • 3 months ago
Napikon ! lol
may • Jinan, China • 3 months ago
Para sa kaalaman ng mga malimit magjudge na base lng naman sa balita ang kanilang kaalaman. basahin nyo sa wekipidea google, HACIENDA LUISITA story kung saan nanggaling mula sa panahon pa ng kastila. at ito ang punot dulo ng kaguluhang ito. Pinirmahan ni aroyo at corna ang pamahagi nito para sa mga magsasaka. BASAHIN NYO BAGO KAYO PUMUTAK.
QR • 3 months ago
Wala na kasing maisip na kasinungalingan kaya itong smokescreen na ito ang ginagamit na panakip butas. Nung panahon ni Glorya madalas itong gamitin at may kasama pang aroganteng pangbu bully at pananakot, "Back off", "I will sue you" or "Prove it in court". Noon ay malakas ang back up nilang si Thief Justice. Ngayon mawa wala na ang kanilang huling alas sa dirty tricks toolbox nila. Mag resign na lang.
singkit • 3 months ago
Hay naku bato bato sa langit ang tamaan siguradong magagalit! defense team bakit d nyo kaya sabihin yan kay SC Corona "to be man enough" to face the challenge to open his $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ account.
Inam • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • 3 months ago
“You are all accountable for attempting to besmirch this institution. You have crossed a line. Malaking insulto ito sa institutsyon at sa aming mga senator-judge,” said Estrada, and claimed he did not receive a call from Ochoa for that purpose.

Bakit naman cya ma-iinsulto kong totoong hindi man lang siya nktanggap ni tawag man lang?and besides halata naman kung saan ang agos ng vote nya kaya hindi na sya kailangang alukin pa ni Ochoa...

Tanong natin kay Joker parang may alam cya....
Michael • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • 3 months ago
walang mangyayari sa kaso..walang makukulong PUSTAHAN PA TAYO!!!suhulan lang yan pera!!..pera!!pera lang yan....publicity lang yan only in the phils..bulok systema
JONATHAN • 3 months ago
sa mga govt officials at katulad kong govt employee, mangurakot na tayo ng mangurakot, tapos ideposit natin sa foreign currency account. di naman mabubuksan. our secrets will be safe...hahaha
Edmund • Manila, National Capital Region • 3 months ago
SA MGA BOBONG NAG COCOMMENT,MAGISIP MUNA BAGO MAG POST,OKEY???
asuncion • Manila, National Capital Region • 3 months ago
halatang nag panick si Cheat Justice ng magsimula ang usapan sa pagbubukas ng account numbers nya, pati mga defense panel ay inaakusahan ang Malacanan na sinusuhulan ang mga Senator judges to defy the TRO. Hindi lang si Cheat Justice ang nuno ng sinungaling pati mga lawyers nya mga nuno din ng sinungaling, lahat ng kalaban nila pati mga Senator judges ay binabayaran o binibili ng Malacanan sila lang ang libre ang sebisyo, sino niloloko nyo?
Chupa • 3 months ago
"Magpakalalaki tayo dito".............. ay lumabas din ang tunay. Totoo palang mga BADING itong mga naka-assign sa trial ni Corona.
QR • 3 months ago
Siguro ay itinago na at inilipat na sa Switzerland ang US$700,000 mega dollar bank account ni Thief Justice even as we speak. Na korner na at nahuli na ang akyat bahay, ika nga - kuyugin na at dalhin na sa presinto para makasuhan na. I freeze na ang bank account at baka makalusot pa. DOJ at BIR kilos na!
mine • Manila, National Capital Region • 3 months ago
GUS2 KO SANA MAG GREET NANG HAPPY VALENTINES DAY KY CORONA, SA MGA SENADOR, SA MGA KONGRESMAN, SA DEFENSE AT SA PROSECUTOR,KASO WALA NAMANG MGA PUSO MGA YAN,PURO LNG PAGNANAKAW NASA ISP NILA.
josel • Mogadishu, Somalia • 3 months ago
matagal ng tainted ang senado at congress..it's just a matter of sino ba ang lesser evil!!!