To his allies who put him there, Senator Chiz Escudero is now their everyday reminder of what they've learned in politics: High risk can yield high reward. Or not.
Day 1 of the impeachment trial of Vice President (VP) Sara Duterte on Monday, July 6, featured two feisty women who each made a compelling case for why Duterte should be punished and removed from office — and why she shouldn’t.
In her opening statement, lead public prosecutor Jinky Luistro brought the matter to the doorstep of the ordinary Filipino: if an employee was found to have misused office resources, she’d be punished, so why would it be any different for a vice president who was elected by millions?
And in what world, Luistro asked, does a vice president have declared connections to criminals? In what world does a vice president declare intent to have a president killed?
Duterte’s lead counsel Sheila Sison, in turn, cast doubt on the prosecution’s ability to substantiate the charges against her client.
