MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Gregorio Honasan believes the Senate is spending too much time on determining the authenticity of a document the prosecution attached to a request to open the bank accounts of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
“Will it help us prove or disprove the articles of impeachment?” he said on Friday. “Right now, I’m not getting that sense.”
“We have the propensity to focus on things that may not be material,” the senator-judge added.
Honasan said he’d prefer that the Senate focus on the actual merits of the case, considering that they have so much work to do, including legislation.
He added, however, that the impeachment court has no choice but to get to the bottom of the issue.
“Iyon ang ginamit na attachment sa sa request for subpoena. Can you imagine na ang dahilan mo para sabihin na may probable cause is a possibly spurious document? Wasak ang buong premise mo,” Honasan said.
On Monday, Rep. Jorge Banal will be called back to the impeachment court for senators to ask him questions regarding his story that he got a copy of a photocopied document on Corona’s alleged dollar account from an unknown source.
Honasan said he’s giving Banal the benefit of the doubt.
Senators will also tackle in caucus the prosecution panel’s explanation on how it got hold of the document. (abs-cbn news)
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