EDITORIAL

Slow Trial

The Pace of the Impeachment Trial of CJ Corona has slowed down in pace. It is not the fault of just one side but of all.

On the defense side there are just too many interruptions on questions of technicality that, for the ordinary mind, is just too much and unnecessary.

If this is a political exercise then there should be less of the judicial process and facts should just be allowed to come out. This cannot be claimed as in violation of the rights of the accuse because from the very start this was already known to all sides.

The court and the prosecutors have shown a lot of respect for former Justice Cuevas who is the Chief Defense Council and this seems to have gotten to his head and he has taken advantage of the situation. The Senate President, as presiding officer, should exercise more authority over him.

On the side of the court, there are just too many unnecessary questions that are already irrelevant to the issues at hand and it is very clear that the senators asking the questions are just grandstanding.

The prosecutors are perceived to be unprepared but some claim that this is part of their strategy to have the image of an “underdog.” Whether they are prepared or not, they should assert their stand by objection to all the objections raised by the defense so that the proceedings will be speeded up.

In short, the people are bored with the proceedings because of its very slow pace. We are just afraid that if this will go on the people may just decide to hold another “People Power” against the CJ and, judging the way he has been behaving recently, may hold his own. This may end up to be violent.

Heaven Forbid!

We therefore call on the senate to be aware of this situation, that they may be able to speed up the trial so that the country can go back to its normal life.