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THE DILEMMA OF JUSTICE SECRETARY DE LIMA

I FOR ONE COMMEND THE FIRM STAND MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SECRETARY LEILA DE LIMA FOR STANDING HER GROUND AS THE WITNESS OF THE PROSECUTION TEAM AGAINST THE CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONADO CORONA WITH REGARDS TO ARTICLE 7 OF THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL ALLEGEDLY SHOWING THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONA IN THE ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER TO FORMER PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO ET.AL. IN THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIAL, SECRETARY DE LIMA NARRATED THE STORY OF HOW  THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHOW HIS IMPARTIALITY IN THE IST, 2ND AND 3RD EN BANC RESOLUTION BUT SHE RELIED HEAVILY ON THE DISSENTING OPINION OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SERENO TO PROVE HER ALLEGATION. ALTHOUGH HER NARRATIVE STAND AS IT IS BUT IT CANNOT BE USED AS EVIDENCE BECAUSE IT FALLS UNDER THE CATEGORY OF HEARSAY EVIDENCE BECAUSE SHE IS NOT BODILY PRESENT AND HAD NO DIRECT PARTICIPATION WHATSOEVER IN THE DECISION MAKING OF THE SAID RESOLUTION. THE DILEMMA OF DE LIMA WENT INTO DEEPER WHEN THE

WATCHING IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS

THERE ARE SO MUCH LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM THE IMPEACHMENT TRIALS OF CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONADO CORONA FROM THE PROSECUTION PANEL, DEFENSE  TEAM, SENATOR JUDGES AND BIT PLAYERS IN THE THIS IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS: THE LATIN PHRASE "FALSUS IN UNUM, FALSUS IN OMNIBUS" WHICH TRANSLATES, FALSE IN ONE THING, FALSE IN ALL THINGS OR LIED IN ONE PARTICULAR LIED IN ALL PARTICULARS.  THESE WERE THE WORDS USED BY THE BRILLIANT SENATOR JUDGE, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO WITH REGARDS TO THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY THE PROSECUTION PANEL IN LINE WITH THE ANNEXED DOCUMENT ABOUT THE LEAKAGE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE BANK RECORDS WHICH IS IN VIOLATION OF BANK SECRECY LAW.  IF THIS IS THE ONLY PARAMETER OF THE LAW IN DETERMINING THE CULPRIT THEN I WILL ACQUIT THE CHIEF JUSTICE FOR PRESENTING SPURIOUS EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM BY THE PROSECUTION PANEL. A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT LIKE BANK RECORDS WILL NOT LAND INTO SOMEONE'S HAND WITHOUT A MASTER MIND BEHIND IT.