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    Miriam throws tantrums, hits 'oration' in impeachment

    Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago threw tantrums on Wednesday after failing to solicit attention during the sixth day of Chief Justice Renato Corona's impeachment trial.
     
    “You should not treat me as a mere observer, I am a judge. Do not drown me out with your screaming. Only I can scream here and my fellow judges,” Santiago said after she was not recognized while the prosecution ande defense were in the middle of a heated debate.
     
    "Kaya tayo tumatagal, may oration pa eh! This is not a school on oratorical skills. This is a school on logic and experience," the veteran senator and lawyer said.
     
    She earlier stressed the need to hasten the impeachment proceedings saying that “justice delayed is justice denied.”
     
    Santiago was also irked with prosecution panel’s persistent questioning on witness Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares even though her testimonies, according to the senator-judge, were already enough.
     
    “Tapos na itong babaeng ito! May trabaho pa iyan! Pauwiin niyo na iyan!
     
    “Let's just abbreviate the process, mark the documents and call the next witness. She is not the proper witness.
     
    “Bakit pa natin papatagalin ito? Huwag niyo kami pilitin sa ayaw namin gawin!” Santiago lamented.
     
    The senator-judge then warned laweyer Arthur Lim, private prosecutor, “You’re in danger of contempt.”
     
    Netizens expressed their concern for Santiago who just recovered from hypertension which kept her from attending the first week of the trial.
     
    “Hinay hinay lang Sen. Santiago. Ang BP niyo po. High Blood po kayo,” said Twitter user iRuianM.
     
    User johndanvic also said: “Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, ang BP nyo po, baka tumaas.”
     
    “Big day today. In between interviews, my bp shot up, got dizzy & fell. Picking myself up is now my favorite sport,” Santiago said in her official Twitter account on Tuesday.
     
    Fortunately, Santiago’s media relations officer assured in a text interview with Yahoo! Southeast Asia that the senator is doing fine and did not fall this time.

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    • Jamesbond  •  3 months ago
      Maraming mga Turista at investors ang nakakausap ko while traveling abroad ang nagtatanong kung bakit mahirap daw tayong mga Pinoy samantalang napakayaman ng bansa natin. Nagtataka sila kung bakit napakaliit ng mga sweldo ng blue collar job natin at bakit ang mga daan natin ay substandard halos lahat ng proyekto. Nagtatanong din sila kun bakit napakalaki ng mga pork barel ng mga senators at congressmen natin samantalang wala naman improvement ang mga nasasakupan nila. Nagtatanong din po sila kung bakit tuwing eleksyon ay maraming mga pulitiko ang namamatay at bakit maraming mahilig sa pulitika na kamag anak ang gustong umupo pagkatapos manungkulan ng mga magulang nila. Ano ba talaga ang hinahabol ng mga pulitiko?
      • Kissimee Jed 3 months ago
        Ang hinabol ng mga taong gustong maging Politiko is Money and Power, kasi dyan lang sila makakurakot ng millions. Except sa mga Presidente o sa mga Officials ng Gobyerno na mga matitino..Ang mga tao sa Senado karamihan mga kurakot, pati yang nasa SC, NBI, at sa lahat ng ahensya ng gobyerno..sila ang nagpapakayaman sa pera ng Pilipinas habang mga tao ng pilipinas ay naghihirap..
      • ticarol 3 months ago
        itanong pa ba yan??? hehehehe... you're not born yesterday right????? Pera Pera Pera ...Money Money Money....Kwarta Kwarta Kwarta ...Salapi Salapi Salapi....Okani Okani Okani....hehehehe ....satisfied????
      • ticarol 3 months ago
        when they enter politics they are broke....when they are out they bring wealth beyond comprehension.....
    • Fae Cheska Marie Esperas  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Miriam's not throwing tantrums. She's actually making it easier for both the prosecution and defense to go on with their business. Why beat around the bush to ditch out unnecessary dirty laundry anyway? And yes, she spiced things up in the impeachment trial and we're so loving it.
      • caligula 3 months ago
        true, except the way she expressed herself.
      • Fae Cheska Marie Esperas 3 months ago
        ayaw mo nun, comic relief?
      • Enteng 3 months ago
        tantrums? like a child who can't have his/her way? OF COURSE NOT! not the good senator santiago! if you ignore her diction, tone and volume, you'll see that her reasoning and logic is just spot on. so much so that it could put a lot of so called "geniuses", "experts" and LOW-yers to shame!
    • caligula  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      She is knowlegeable, but should control her tone. Must project herself formally like a true judge. Even head of gangsters speak in the right way. Sure I appreciate her presence.
      • Kelly Villanueva 3 months ago
        you should know that some judges in court reprimand lawyers in such a tone sometimes. some of them will have no qualms in pointing out a counsel's shortcomings in court. besides, Sen. Santiago was once a judge. She knows what she can do and what her limitations are while the court is in session.
      • kris 3 months ago
        A true judge? Have you ever been in a trial? You die or win a judge in a courtroom. With the prosecutions' lame performance, even the judge in the lowliest of court will be apprised. The prosecution made the trial an investigation period. Sen. Miriam's performance and tone is everything but controllable. She's aa judge after all.
      • ShaneC 3 months ago
        di pa ata nakaka witness ng real trial or naka nuod man lang inside a courtroom yang si CALIGULA...... hay naman ......
    • edj  •  3 months ago
      Hahaha, I hope Sen. Santiago was there from the beginning!
      This impeachment trial is going on circles!
      • john 3 months ago
        MIRRIAM AND ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE IN THE IMPEACHMENT COURT SHOULD SHOW RESPECT AND COURTESY WITH EACH OTHER, MOST ESPECIALLY TO FELLOW LAWMAKERS ACTING AS PROSECUTORS, BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM BELONGS TO EQUAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. WALA NAMANG BASTUSAN. GINAGAWA NAMAN NINYONG TANGA AT KATAWA-TAWA ANG MGA CONGRESSMAN PROSECUTORS NA HALAL NG BAYAN EH... DAPAT HIGIT NA PAGGALANG AT RESPETO ANG IUKOL NINYO DAHIL MGA HALAL NG BAYAN NA KATULAD NINYO. MAANO BANG PAGSABIHAN NIYO NA LANG KAYSA SA PAGALITAN.TILA LUMALABAS TULOY NA MAS KINAKAMPIHAN PA NINYO ANG ISANG ABUSADO, KRIMINAL, BUKTOT AT TIWALING NAMUMUNO NA INIRE-REKLAMO AT INILUKLOK LANG SA PAMAMAGITAN NG "MIDNIGHT APPOINTMENT"
      • ShaneC 3 months ago
        @ Jhon.... respect? bakit si ABNOY ba lam meaning ng RESPECT... kahit sabihin mong si satanas pa ang CJ ng SC... yung ginawa nya sa SC...hay naman......
      • JEFIYA 3 months ago
        @John kala ko, when you mentioned "lawmakers acting as prosecutors," si drilon, recto, pangilinan at cayetano yung tinutukoy mo eh
    • Mephistoh  •  3 months ago
      You can't blame the senator, she wants to abolish the "Legal Ignorance" which has been on-going from the beginning of the trial.
      • Criep Barroa 3 months ago
        true.. kaya sigur kahit masama pakiramdam ni Miriam umatend na sya ng trial, to abolish the incompetentness of the people out there.
      • Mephistoh 3 months ago
        correct!! its time to expose people who are not worthy to be part of this impeachment proceedings
      • ShaneC 3 months ago
        korak...... siguro she try to give the chance sa ibang co senator nya na maging ok and fair ang impeachment... kaso siguro everytime na nanonood xa.... di nya makayanan yung ibang kashungahan while the trial is on going ..... we salute you madam
    • felipe  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      I think Congressman Tupas lacks the savvy and precision of using legal terminologists as a prosecutor. We need a more experience prosecutor in the lower house.
    • Neptune  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      yes ,,, i am waiting for her.. coz i feel bored kung wala si senator Merriam Defensor Santiago. At tama lang na madaliin niya yang kaso na yan. Because there's a lot of problems pa na dapat bigyan ng pansin...
    • Jonald  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Nobody drives home a point like sen. Miriam!!! Kudos!!! You're the salt that adds taste to the issues.
    • Penoy  •  3 months ago
      The truth is coming out! That this case is only an excuse to change the chief justice to an appointee of Malacanang. Of course, the resolution on Hacienda Luisita, is still to be implemented in March. Sen. Santiago can bring this country to moral recovery, not Pnoy and his subalterns.
    • Jerobs  •  Quezon City, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      kaya mga pilipino hindi umuunlad dhil mga tanga.... lahat dyan sa impeachement plabas lng.... yung pinagpngalandakan ng prosecutor na yaman ni Corona, barya lng yan kaya nyang kitain yun sa private practice nya....... tingnan nyo mga yaman ng mga congressmen ntin... naku, mlulula kayo.... si tpaz, kaya glit yan,,, sino ba nman d mgagalit kung tatay mo bubuhatin s upuan nya para maalis sa pwesto? at the time of gloria sinuspende yan ang tatay nyan sa ombudsman. ayaw umalis, kailangan pa masohin ang kapitolyo at buhatin sya sa upuan para maalis..... tumingin kayo sa nakaraan at sa hinaharap... mga pilipino wag kayong maging tanag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
    • Jagurash  •  Iloilo City, Western Visayas  •  3 months ago
      ano kayang say ni pnoy if senador pa sha ngayon.. isa guro sha sa mga tameme at pokerface sa korte. :) *just thinking*
    • Edwin  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Ano kung halukayin natin ang assets ng mga Tongressmen I'll bet my two balls na malulula tayo sa laki ng mga mansyon at dami ng sasakyan nila. Saan galing? saan pa di sa pork barrel. Sumali pa itong si Neptali Gonzalez sa mga bolerong spokespersons ng prosecution na boring naman magsalita. Di ba siya ang nag welcome sa mga bagong hala na tongressmen na ang sabi "WELCOME TO THE GOOD LIFE". Good life kasi nagpapasasa kayo sa pork barrel. Ma high blood sana kay at kunin kayo ni Lord at itapon sa impyerno.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      I agree with you Ms. Fae Cheska that is not tantrums ayaw lang nya ng paikot ikot at walang katuturang tanong. Sensational naman ang quote na "threw her tantrums"...mag report nalang sana ang media.
    • Jamesbond  •  3 months ago
      Lahat ng pulitiko at government officers ay CORRUPT. Halos lahat sa inyo malalaki ang mga bahay, malalawak ang lupa, magagara ang mga sasakyan, puro substardard ang projects at higit sa lahat mga hindi nagsusubmit ng tamang itr at saln. Maniwala kayo, ang mga pulitiko ang nagpapahirap sa Pinas. Tayo na ang pinakakulelat sa Asya. May presidente tayo ngunit kulangkulang naman...Andyan si GMA, napaka korup din.
    • Chloe  •  3 months ago
      Sen Miriam won't be herslef annymore if she will keep herself mum during the process. She needs to scream not to get the attention but to wake up people who already fell asleep in listening and watching the trial.
    • lucita  •  3 months ago
      hehehe... iba talaga pag present si Madam Defensor sa Impeachment court. ^____^
    • josel  •  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  •  3 months ago
      congressman Tsupaz itigil nyo na ang grandstanding,obvious minadali ang impeachment complaint kaya kamote inaabot nyo,patulong kayo kay PABNOY para utusan si De Lima tumayong prosecutor para pag sinabi ng court objection sustained sasabihin ni De lima hindi puede yan dapat kami palagi ang masunod dahil sa tuwid na daan dapat baluktutin ang batas!!!
    • kuni  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      There should be a Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago in every government bureau and department.
    • Marco Antonio  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      KUDOS to MIRIAM! Sayang ang mga Public Funds na binabayad sa mga PROSECUTORS at Senator Judge.

      If there is anybody who is delaying the trial, it is no other than the house panel. Sabi ni PNoy, i-impeach si Corona, eto namang mga kaalyado na niya, kahit di handa, nagkandarapa na MAGPA-SIPSIP sa kanya siya. Ano ba yan!!!

      Nakakaloka yang BAKLANG NEIL TUPAS na yan. Magaling lang sa Oration pero sa Debate, walang kwenta. Eh paano macConvict si Corona kung MAGULO ang pagpresent ng Evidence. Juskoday! Mgdadalawang isip ang mga taga Ilo-ilo kung iboboto ko pa next year!
    • salee  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      i love you tlga sen.mirriam santiago!!!,..
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