Enrile said Corona himself would best be able to provide the senator-judges with his side on all the charges hurled against him in Articles 2, 3 and 7 of the Articles of Impeachment filed by the House of Representatives.
“It would be good if Chief Justice Corona would appear (before the court) because in my opinion, that is how we can hear the truth,” Enrile said in Filipino over radio station dzBB.
“This will be good for the case of the Chief Justice, for the process and the nation,” Enrile added.
The prosecution has ended the presentation of its case by announcing that it is withdrawing five of the eight Articles of Impeachment against Corona.
Enrile admitted the prosecutors would have no chance of securing a conviction of Corona based on the five Articles of Impeachment that they withdrew the other day.
He said the withdrawal of the five articles by the prosecution was the right move because they would have a hard time proving their case on those grounds.
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