Posted by geemiz | Posted in Trivias & Biographies | Posted on 26-01-2012
Tags: Philippines
During Chief Justice Renato Corona’s Impeachment Trial
“a lawyer who does his homework would be confident “because my trial brief would just be in front of me. Any argument that my opponent would present, all the answers are there in my trial brief. Note that when I asked Justice Cuevas about the rules, he would answer immediately. That is the result of constant study.”
“What way do you want me and the court to be more flexible? Are you suggesting that we should allow misleading questions? Are you suggesting that we should allow hearsay evidence? Are you suggesting that we should allow argumentative questions?”
“If you want me to relax the rules, then tell me how I must do it and to what extent. [I am willing to] bend, accommodate [your suggestion to] show you that this court is not for or against anybody… but I must conduct this proceeding in an orderly manner,”
“Kung gusto nilang litisin yung kaso sa labas ng impeachment court e di i-withdraw nila yung kaso at isiwalat nila sa buong mundo yung gusto nilang ebidensya,”
“Sabihin mo kay Cong. Tupas mag aral muna sya”
“What way do you want me and the court to be more flexible? Are you suggesting that we should allow misleading questions? Are you suggesting that we should allow hearsay evidence? Are you suggesting that we should allow argumentative questions?”
“I am not siding with anyone in this case. I will not be an instrument of anyone here and I will not issue a decision that would not be just,” he said. “I will not allow this court to be used. As the presiding officer, I will make sure there will be no unjust or unreasonable system here.”
“The conduct of this trial… will necessarily have serious impact on the entire nation”
“I don’t know the thinking of people. I will not discount anything [but] it seems rather improbable”
“The impression is that you are fishing for evidence which is not proper,”
source: getrealphilippines.com, inquirer.net, gmanetwork.com, daylife.com
