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    Enrile mulls resignation as presiding officer

    Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, who is also acting as presiding officer of the impeachment court, on Tuesday said he is willing to vacate his post after the the prosecution panel requested for a more “liberal” court.

    Before adjourning Day 5's proceedings on the Chief Justice's impeachment trial, Enrile said: “Handa akong ibigay ang upuang ito sa kung sinumang may gusto. So ordered.”
     
    Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas, chief public prosecutor, earlier asked the impeachment court for flexibility in applying rules. “Flexibility to the point that we will be able to elicit evidence from witness,” Tupas said.
     
    Enrile then asked Tupas, “Are you suggesting we should allow misleading questions and hearsay evidence? Are you suggesting that we relax the best evidence rule?”
     
    “No, we are not. It's just giving flexibility to the prosecution,” Tupas responded.
     
    But the presiding officer hit the prosecution panel for being unprepared for the trial.
     
    “I want to be candid with you. You had time to marshal your evidence. I assume you had assembled evidence for each article,” Enrile said.
     
    “Hindi ako hukom. Ako ay inatasan lang ng batas na maging presiding officer. Sabihin niyo kung paano ako magiging liberal,” he added.

    Tupas, however, failed to cite rules on how the court could be flexible and backed down saying they "submit to the wisdom of the honorable court."
     
    Enrile continued with his speech stressing, “Wala akong kinikilingan sa kasong ito. Wala akong kinikilalang dapat pagsilibihan kundi ang bansa. Hindi ako gagawa ng pasya na hindi makatarungan.”
     
    Meanwhile, Senator-judge Manuel Villar commended Enrile’s performance as presiding officer.
     
    “Bilang beterano sa impeachment, hindi natin mapapaligaya ang lahat ng panig. Mahirap ang ating ginagampanan ngayon. Ako'y humahanga sa inyong paghawak,” Villar said.

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    • Marlon  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Lolo Juan... Wag kang padala sa mga spoiled brats na yan... You're the man pa rin dyan!
      • Spam 3 months ago
        it's manong johnny
      • ie 3 months ago
        may totoong statemanship si Lolo Johny, I salute you for now
      • Yamaguchi 3 months ago
        Lolo natin yan mga TOL, hehe, sustain wisdom even in old age.
    • Marlon  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Be flexible. Don't be straight. Para pwede kang mahila on our side... Sus!
      • Garrin 3 months ago
        Mahila sa Dark side (yellow is the new dark)
      • aphrodite 3 months ago
        baka ang gustong sabihin ni toofast eh: don't be straight, be flexible, be gay!
      • azureyes88 3 months ago
        @Garrin--I LOVE IT!

        Parang sa Penshoppe lang: Yellow is the new BLACK
    • Abnoynoy  •  3 months ago
      tupas: please be more liberal
      Sen Enrile: please define liberal and how liberal I should be
      tupas: wag na lang po, kayo na po ang bahala, di ko din po alam e

      napaka competent talaga nang ating congressman haha
      • jethro 3 months ago
        korek! nagmamadali sila sa pag-impeach kay CJ tapos di nila kaya patunayan kundi pa sila tulungan ng mga senator judges... di kaya ang gusto nya sabihin sa be liberal ay sumunod sa gusto ng Liberal Party? hehehe, just asking
      • Abnoynoy 3 months ago
        tupas: wag nyo naman kaming lecturan Justice Cuevas, wag nyo kaming sermunan Sen Enrile, pero pwede nyo kaming tulungan Sen Drilon

        hahaha
      • Abnoynoy 3 months ago
        pwede jethro,hehe.
        Tupas: Please be Liberal Sen Enrile, Liberal as in Liberal Party o matatangal kayo diyan, papalit namin si Drilon,hehe
    • b a r g z  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      "again" there is ms.toto's plea not to be harsh on them...not to be harsh on the prosecution i may say...asking the court to be liberal on them in what way? they can't even site a single guide or suggestion to what extent the court will do so...well there you go ms.congresswoman toto(and your fellow congressmen)you shouldn't have hastily filed your complaints against the chief justice without studying and analyzing it first and see to it that there wouldn't be any loophole for the defense to take a peek but unluckily and it is unfortunate for your panel (the congressmen) due to your cravings or greed for the president's attention and a pat on the back (president's approval means more pork barrel and more pork barrel means more money to fill on their pockets) you have made a reckless move and have drafted your impeachment articles so swiftly and gathered your weak pieces of evidence, and so the veteran defense lawyers have seen the weaknesses of your complaints....

      then you complained why does the defense panel raised so many objections to your presentation of evidences and causes a delay in the proceedings?....well it is also their right as mandated in the constitution to protect the best interest of their client...
      well on the first day of the proceeding who caused the delay?it was on your part right?on the 2nd day again it was fault, almost all of the hearings the cause of the delays was on your part because you have not brought all the evidences needed to convict the CJ and the evidences you have presented were spoon-fed by some of the senator judges...if it weren't to them you have no evidences to be presented...you were just able to take a look of the properties and based your hearsay evidences because of that SALN....you are gathering your evidences thru fishing expedition and as stated in the constitution you can't convict a person by just a mere speculations,"as was reported", or by any means of suspicion...you filed this case because you want to seek the truth and obtain justice...do you think that what you are now doing is upholding justice?that's really a big question for me....don't make us fool...

      you were supposed to have submitted your motion today that was asked last week but again you were not able to do so...you are the ones who are so eager to bring this case to the impeachment tribunal but you lack the preparation and it just causes so many delays...better for the defense they were able to submit their motion on this day's hearing...

      haaay!!!!one of the prosecution lawyer was feeling pretty today again....SHE shook her head in front of the lady senator meriam santiago as if she has a long hair....

      by the way ms.congresswoman toto the truth of the matter is the law may be harsh but it is the law...it may not conform to your expectations but it is still the law...

      TO OUR PRESIDING JUDGE HONORABLE SENATOR JUAN PONCE ENRILE THANK YOU FOR BEING TRANSPARENT, HONEST AND IMPARTIAL!!!!
      MABUHAY PO KAYO!!!!!
      • lostwarriors 3 months ago
        i agree bargz.... keep up ...
      • Raoul 3 months ago
        bravo
      • Raul 3 months ago
        the purpose of impeachment is to bring out the truth, not to hide it by mere technicalities.
    • Vicky  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Sa tutoo lang, WE, THE PEOPLE, want to know the truth. BUT WE ARE NOT STUPID!!! We want the same thing for our country, but not in the way the prosecution wants to determine it. SA TUTOO LANG, VERY FRUSTRATING!! Sobrang halata namang mga tuta lang ni P-noy yang mga prosecutors na yan eh. Pleeease, Sen. Drilon, and the prosecution panel, mag-level up naman kayo ng style nyo. I applaud the defense panel because they are really doing great -- from the head of the defense team, to their researchers, down to their spokesmen. Sobrang ang gagaling nila talaga! Granting for the sake of argument that CJ Corona is guilty, maa-acquit siya dahil he has the best defense team on his side -- very intellectual, very reasonable, napaka-eloquent, laging handa, respectful, and obviously, alam talaga ang batas.

      Sen. Enrile also deserves a round of applause. Ang galing-galing din nya, sa tutoo lang. He's fair and neutral, at sobrang haba ng patience. Keep up the good work, Sir!

      Ang prosecution naman, puro papogi at katangahan. You're accusing of the defense of delaying the trial, eh kayo mismo ang hindi handa. Akala nyo hindi nakikita ng tao yan? Ano inaasahan nyo? Mag-people power na naman thru trial by publicity? Inumpisahan nyo yan, tapusin nyo! Kung hindi kayo handa, in the first place, dapat hindi nyo inumpisahan! Sayang ang pera ng bayan. Sige, magpadikta kayo kay P-noy, mga sipsip!!!
      • Zorbak 3 months ago
        vicky, you deserve a round of applause as well for being an objective observer of this impeachment trial. fap! fap! fap!
      • pogikami 3 months ago
        very well said..
      • Aya 3 months ago
        sapol na sapol ang point... pero may point nman dn ang mga prosecutors... "POINTLESS" hahah
    • jaime  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      tong si Tupak talaga!!!ay TUPAZ pala!Bakit hindi buksan ng BIR ang SALN ng mga tupaz lalo na ang panahon ng tatay nya?Ilang MILYON ang kinurakot ng Tatay nya ng ito pa ang TONGRESMAN.sa DPWH palang ay baka malula sila sa ninakaw ni TUPAK!!!Hoy TUPAK!magmamalinis ka sa harap ng mga TAGALOG!pero di ka MAKALIGTAS sa kapwa mo illonggo!KILALA ang baho nyo!
    • Dobie  •  3 months ago
      Anak ng Tupas! Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!
    • Onica  •  3 months ago
      Senator Enrile's performance as Presiding Officer is impeccable so far.
    • Dhan Rivers  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Enrile is obviously a fair statesman and is humble enough to even let the prosecution to "teach" him what should be done. Not in an arrogant and sarcastic way, but with the air of fairness. I think that the prosecution, since they are not trial lawyers, want the rules of evidence to be not so strict. But if they want this, how come Tupas was not able to answer Enrile when he asked him, "So how liberal do you want me to be?"

      The prosecution needs to straighten up their act of Cuevas will eat them alive and Miriam will sautee them to a pulp.
    • Noynoying  •  Dubai, United Arab Emirates  •  3 months ago
      Tupak este tupaz.... kung ang ibig mong sabihin eh hindi ka nakakaintinde ng regulasyon sa impeachment eh aminin mo na lang kasi kayong prosecution team ang nagde-delay ng session kasi hinde kayo nakahanda sa inyong laban at huwag mong gawing sangkalan ang depensa!!!!

      Mas mahirap ang trabaho ng depensa kasi kung sa suntukan, ang prosecution panel ang sumusuntok at ang defense panel ang sumasalag ng suntok ninyo para maiwasan ang pagkakaroon ng black eye!!!

      Mukhang kayong prosecution ang sumusuntok sa inyong mga sarili kasi kayo ang palaging may tama!!!!

      Galingan nyo prosecution at huwag kayong aanga-anga!!!
    • alma  •  Iloilo City, Western Visayas  •  3 months ago
      Kudos to you Mr. Senate President. Your dedication to your job as Presiding Officer is indeed exemplary and worth of the appreciation and gratitude of Filipinos. My prayers for you. God speed my Senator.
    • 76  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Napaka arogante ng mga congressmen prosecutors. Akala yata nila mauuto nila ang mga senador at taong bayan gaya ng pag uuto nila sa mga kapwa nilang congressmen (na nag sign nga impeachment complaint). Kaya tuloy nagmumukaha silang mga tanga. Dapat sila sila nalang nina Pnoy ang mag utohan, wag na dapat idamay ang taong bayan.
    • Tan  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      akala namin sabi ni noynoy matibay daw ebidensya eh baket hangang ngaun parang mukhang kaawa awa ung membro ng prosecution.. ni railroad lng tlga nila ung impeachment ni chief justice without valid evidences kaya ngaun nag fifishing expedition lng sila,, the way intelligent people see it minadali nila ung impeachment ni chief justice,, mga nagpapasikat lng yata to,, nagmumukhang tanga tong mga prosecution!!!
    • PinoyFunAdvice  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Actually, Niel Tupas' bested interest for sure is to have a new chief justice in order for the SC to dimissed the graft charges against former Iloilo governor Niel Tupas Sr. :-D
    • vladimir  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      gawa ka ng sarili mong rules tupas..t** ka..

      obey first before you complain!!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Stafford, United States  •  3 months ago
      the truth is pinipersonal ni pnoy si Corona dahil sa hacienda luisita. at ito namang mga congressman/congresswoman pinangakohan lang ng malaking pork barrel pirma nalang ng pirma kahit hindi binabasa. Kawawa ang bayang PILIPINAS nakakahiya sa ibang bansa pati ang kataastaasang hukom gustong ikulong. sino nalang ang maniniwala sa batas ng pilipinas kung ang mga mambabatas natin ay mukhang pera. Bangon PILIPINAS dapat alisin na yang pork barrel na yan at ibigay sa taong bayan ang budget na para sa mamamayan...lol
    • jijik  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Ano pang liberal liberal na pinagsasabi ng bobitong tupak na yan!! pasalamat cla mababait ang mga judges, panay pinagbibigyan nalang cla..
    • Garrin  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Eh di lumabas din ang totoo na hindi sila handa.

      It's just giving flexibility to the prosecution,” Tupas responded.

      If they are going to ask for Flexibiltiy, dapat bigyan din ng same treatment ang defense. You can't ask for Flexibility and ignore the other camp.

      Kung sinabi niya na Flexibility for both sides, baka pwede pa.

      Kung nag-prepare sana kayo ng maayos, eh di sana hindi niyo na kailangan i-bend ang rules of court in your favor.
    • andrew  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      tong si Tupak talaga!!!ay TUPAZ pala!Bakit hindi buksan ng BIR ang SALN ng mga tupaz lalo na ang panahon ng tatay nya?Ilang MILYON ang kinurakot ng Tatay nya ng ito pa ang TONGRESMAN.sa DPWH palang ay baka malula sila sa ninakaw ni TUPAK!!!Hoy TUPAK!magmamalinis ka sa harap ng mga TAGALOG!pero di ka MAKALIGTAS sa kapwa mo illonggo!KILALA ang baho nyo! TUPAS FAMILY,lahat lahat na puro kurakot.bakit hindi syasatin ng media,prosecution at bir mga tupas ill gotten wealth.sa iloilo kilala mga tupas na magnanakaw sa kaban ng gobyerno.hoy tupas,mahiya ka naman.kayo nga eh pera nyo saan ba nanggagaling,HA?
    • cat  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      thanks to this impeachment trial. nakita ng klarong-klaro gaano kabulok ang ating mga mambabatas. cant help but admire the defense team. cant help but laugh at the prosecutors - bunch of idiots! feel sorry for our country.. mga ginawang batas kaya ng mga kongresistang e2 ay may kabuluhan??
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