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Amidst their avowed claims of point-by-point debunking of the issues raised by the prosecution, the defense team of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona opened their case with an attack on the validity of the impeachment complaint -- which to me is valid if only the trial is in its early stages, but not now when the nation is practically waiting for it to end. By doing so, the defense appears to be skirting the issue.
As a first counter-strike, the defense put on the witness stand Congressman Toby Tiangco to talk about how the impeachment came to be in the lower house which, to my mind, was not a response to any of the complaints raised against Corona.
And apparently, they want to delay the proceedings some more by inviting more congressmen such as Mandanas and Gutierrez who would probably talk some more about the infirmity of the complaint in the first place. Again, water under the bridge. And the trial has gone a long way from the bridge.
So please defense, back up your bravado by going back to the trial. And please no more of Toby Tiangco who looks like Batman even without a mask. Obviously, he took time to fix his hair like that. I mean, there's nothing wrong with wanting to look good for the camera, but he looks more like a villain than a star witness.
If you ask me, the defense started on the wrong foot. They look like they are more interested in muddling the issue than making it clearer for the senator judges, and the people at large.
If Senate President Enrile is famed UFC referee Big John McCarthy, he would say: Let's get it on!
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