“WE SET THE TONE!” She yelled.
“It is our choice what kinds of questions we ask. It is our choice to know where to stop.”
So said by the sanctimonious hypocrite, Senator Pia Cayetano, as she expressed her disdain towards the prosecution team and lectures the rest of the Senator-judges. She, again, distracts and deflects everyone from the objectives of the proceedings.
You don't get to lecture the courtroom on integrity when your own conduct is the blueprint for impropriety.
Her emotional appeal completely misses the point of the proceedings. This is an impeachment trial—a formal, legal proceeding explicitly designed to hold the highest public officials accountable to the laws of the land.
The prosecution immediately clarified they had no issue with supporting youth sports. Rather, they maintained that because the transaction was flagged as part of an investigation into hundreds of millions in alleged unexplained wealth, they were legally required to examine whether the massive expenditure aligned with the standards of modest living required of a public official's family. Republic Act 6713 explicitly mandates that public officials and their immediate families lead modest lives and avoid ostentatious displays of wealth.
The Senate cannot “set a tone” of integrity when your own legislative track record is a masterclass in double standards.
Senator Pia Cayetano claim to want to protect the public from the “viciousness of social media,” yet she actively weaponised it by posting a SPLICED video to manipulate Chel Diokno’s statements and deceive the public about actual evidence.
Where was this aggressive moral outrage when she championed the legalisation of POGOs that brought systemic crime and human trafficking to our communities?
Where was this defense of decency when she repeatedly stayed silent or actively defended Rodrigo Duterte’s public degradation of women? She purportedly championed the cause of women, yet rubbed salt to their injuries when they needed her most.
Pia Cayetano is both a moralising hypocrite and sanctimonious moralist.
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'ALL MEANS ALL'
Constitutional expert and former law dean Ralph Sarmiento maintained that the two-thirds vote to convict an impeached official should be based on the full 24-member Senate.
"Basta member pa siya, hindi pa siya resigned, hindi siya patay. Kahit na nasa abroad siya, kahit na nasa sick leave siya, as long as legally speaking he's still considered a member, so you have to follow the Constitution na all the members," he said in an exclusive interview with The Philippine STAR EIC Amy Pamintuan.
Four senator-judges have been absent from the ongoing proceedings: Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Rodante Marcoleta, who are currently detained due to their alleged involvement in the flood control scandal; Senator Bato dela Rosa, who remains in hiding amid an ICC arrest warrant against him; and Senator Loren Legarda, who has extended her medical leave.
Sarmiento, who decided to decline to appear as one of the defense's witnesses in Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial, added that his interpretation of the two-thirds threshold issue does not mean he is advancing the "cause of anyone."
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'YOU CANNOT SHAKE YOUR HEAD WHEN I'M TELLING YOU HOW I FEEL'
PANOORIN: Pinuna ni Senator-Judge Pia Cayetano ang pagkuwestiyon ng Prosecution sa umano'y pagsuporta ng mga magulang sa kanilang mga atletang anak dahil parang pinaparating daw ng kanilang panig na hindi dapat tumulong ang mga may-kaya dahil baka mapuna sila.
Sinabi ito ni Cayetano matapos busisiin ng Prosecution ang paggastos ni Manases "Mans" Carpio ng mahigit P256,000 halaga ng sapatos para sa mga atletang naglaro sa Malaysia, na anila'y hindi raw isang ehemplo ng "kapamilya ng isang public official na namumuhay nang simple at payak."
Giit ni Cayetano, "I apologize, but we set the tone. It is our choice what kinds of questions we ask. It is our choice to know where to stop. Why would you ask where the students study?" #VPOnTrial
Tutukan ang live coverage ng GMA News sa impeachment trial ni Vice President Sara Duterte: https://t.co/yaCu2bKWdL
Basahin ang kaugnay na ulat: https://t.co/K35Rvpe8tI
"Why can the Defense get away with that, Your Honor?"
CALL HIM OUT, ATTY. LIGUTAN!!! pag prosecution pinapa-strike out most of the time tapos pag defense hindi? ngiiii
#VPonTrial
shiela has gotten used to being rude and confrontational because chiz keeps allowing it. long overdue na talaga ang pagsita sa kanya.
her disrespectful behavior has been evident since the very beginning of this trial, and it’s about time she’s called out for it.
#VPonTrial
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Kevin Feige reportedly has big plans for the character in the MCU.
Muni not only made fun of Mariah Carey with that impersonator now she is also proud to be part of an abuser’s show.
I’m glad Mariah has stayed away from people like her.