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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012
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Republic of the Philippines
Senate
Record of the Senate
Sitting As An Impeachment Court
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Pasay City 
AT 2:09 P.M., THE PRESIDING OFFICER, SENATE PRESIDENT JUAN PONCE ENRILE,CALLED THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE RENATOC. CORONA TO ORDER.
The Presiding Officer.
The continuation of the Impeachment Trial of the Hon. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Renato C. Corona is hereby called to order.We shall be led in prayer by Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel.
Senator Pimentel III.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.Heavenly Father, we are once again gathered this afternoon to continue the search for truthand justice. Allow us to, first of all, thank You for all the blessings You have given us overthe past few months of this trial. We are still all here, healthy, alert, involved and interested.Now that we are in the end game of this trial, we ask You to continue to bless us withthe good health needed to finish this trial, the wisdom needed to fairly decide this case, andthe courage to never give up when doing the right thing. And after this trial, may we continueto use the gifts that You have bestowed upon all of us, not for personal advantage, but onlyfor the benefit of Your people and always for Your greater glory.Lord, also please guide us as a people so that we may finally discover and determine thetruth, the kind of truth that will bring us justice, set us free and heal our land. As the Lordhas said in
2 Chronicle 7:14,
“If My people who are called by My name will humblethemselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear fromheaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land.” Amen.
The Presiding Officer.
Amen.
 
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012
The Secretary will please call the roll of Senators.
The Secretary
,
reading
:Senator Edgardo J. Angara...............................................................PresentSenator Joker P. Arroyo...................................................................PresentSenator Alan Peter “Compañero” S. Cayetano................................Present*Senator Pia S. Cayetano...................................................................Present*Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago....................................................PresentSenator Franklin M. Drilon...............................................................PresentSenator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada.......................................................PresentSenator Francis G. Escudero............................................................PresentSenator Teofisto L. Guingona III......................................................PresentSenator Gregorio B. Honasan II.......................................................PresentSenator Panfilo M. Lacson................................................................PresentSenator Manuel “Lito” M. Lapid......................................................PresentSenator Loren Legarda.....................................................................Present*Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr..................................PresentSenator Sergio R. Osmeña III..........................................................PresentSenator Francis N. Pangilinan...........................................................Present*Senator Aquilino L. Pimentel III........................................................PresentSenator Ralph G. Recto....................................................................PresentSenator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.....................................................PresentSenator Vicente C. Sotto III.............................................................PresentSenator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV..........................................AbsentSenator Manny Villar........................................................................PresentThe Senate President.........................................................................Present
The Presiding Officer.
With eighteen (18) Senator-Judges present, the Presiding Officer declaresthe presence of a quorum.The Floor Leader.
Senator Sotto.
Mr. President, may I ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to make the proclamation?
The Presiding Officer.
The Sergeant-at-Arms is directed to make the proclamation.
The Sergeant-at-Arms.
All persons are commanded to keep silent under pain of penalty whilethe Senate is sitting in trial on the Articles of Impeachment against Chief Justice Renato C. Corona.
The Presiding Officer.
The Floor Leader.
Senator Sotto.
Mr. President, I move that we dispense with the reading of the May 15, 2012
 Journal
of the Senate sitting as an Impeachment Court and consider the same as approved.
The Presiding Officer.
Is there any objection? [
Silence
] The Chair hears none, the May 15,2012
 Journal
of the Senate sitting as an Impeachment Court is hereby approved.The Secretary will please call the case before the Senate sitting as an Impeachment Court.
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*Arrived after the roll call
 
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The Secretary.
Case No. 002-2011, In the Matter of Impeachment Trial of Hon. Chief JusticeRenato C. Corona.
The Presiding Officer.
The Floor Leader.
Senator Sotto.
May I ask the parties or their respective Counsel to enter their appearances, Mr.President?For the Prosecution.
Representative Fariñas.
Good afternoon, Mr. President and the Honorable Members of theSenate sitting in Impeachment. Same appearances for the Prosecution. We are ready, Your Honor.
The Presiding Officer.
Noted.Defense.
Mr. Cuevas.
For the Defense, Your Honor, the same appearance. We are ready, Your Honor.
The Presiding Officer.
Noted.The Floor Leader.
Senator Sotto.
Mr. President, the Court is now ready for the continuation of the presentation of evidence by the Defense.
The Presiding Officer.
The Defense will now proceed.
Mr. Cuevas.
If Your Honor please.
The Presiding Officer.
Are you ready with your witnesses?
Mr. Cuevas.
Yes, Your Honor. If Your Honor please, may we request for authority or permissionfor Dean delos Angeles, a member of the Defense Panel, to continue with the presentation of ourwitness. May we ask for authority for that purpose, Your Honor?
The Presiding Officer.
Granted.
Mr. Cuevas.
Thank you, Your Honor.
Representative Fariñas.
Mr. President, on the part of the Prosecution, may we pray that Atty.Marlon Manuel be likewise recognized to represent the Prosecution.
The Presiding Officer.
Granted.Proceed.
Mr. Delos Angeles.
May we call on our first witness this afternoon, Congresswoman RisaHontiveros.
The Presiding Officer.
Risa—ask the witness mentioned to come inside the courtroom and besworn in in this proceeding.One-minute suspension to wait for the witness.
The trial was suspended at 2:15 p.m.
At 2:16 p.m., the trial was resumed.
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