Every nigh I make it a point to watch the local news in order to be updated of the on-going impeachment trial of the Supreme Court Chief Justice.
Early on, I was excited to the case of prosecution panel since this is landmark case in history of the Philippine Republic. Political analysts, academics, law professionals are brought to the fore in order to shed light on the legalities, nuances and developments of the case — for the benefit of the watching public.
However, at some point I lost the interest of this public spectacle. The defense and prosecution teams at the end of every hearing brandishes on media that scored points. On the other hand, the news personalities also provided scores of the day’s proceedings.
There were stories also of not-so-formal moments in the Senate turned impeachment court. An attempt to bring humor and solicit public opinion of the entire proceedings. However, I think this is off-track because it does not try to educate the public. But more on capitalizing on the issue to gain ratings and bring mockery out of the situation.
That is too much indeed. However, upon changing channels to get a dose of a good coverage of the trial, local news channels are putting up similar if not “identical” angling of their news stories. Now, where’s variety out of that?
Thus, am left with the option of hanging on to print media for better updates and presentation of the CJ Corona impeachment trial. Nevertheless, I think I have to accept the fact that this is how local media acts in this country.
Now back on the CJ Corona impeachment trial, am convinced that somewhere he committed abuse of power and violated the law the Supreme Court is trying to uphold as the highest magistrate of the country. CJ Corona is not the Supreme Court and it is high time that we unveil the cloak of infallibility of the SC.
The trial is midway in its presentation of evidence of the prosecution. I have more to watch up for especially Atty. Kaka Bag-ao, member of the prosecution panel and Akbayan Representative. Am rooting for her! Go ate Kaka!
