By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, INQUIRER.net  Some evidence and witnesses presented before the justice committee at the House of Representatives Wednesday failed to bolster the impeachment cases against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, the chairman of the panel said.Iloilo Representative Niel Tupas Jr. said that in a normal court proceeding, some of the witnesses would be “inadmissible” since they did not have direct knowledge of the allegations involved. Some of the evidence, he added, was also incomplete. He said he observed this in both complaints.  |
