Gets ko naman the grumbling over Sen Chiz Escudero as Presiding Officer of the Impeachment Court — the “forthwith” history and all — pero grabe naman ang panlalait kay Senate President Win Gatchalian for giving way to one who is more equipped to deal with the legal acrobatics expected from the VP’s defense panel, not to speak of the contentious Cayetano sibs.
Kesyo pangit daw ang optics of the SP sitting up there with the PO doing nothing. I beg to differ. It’s reassuring to have Win up there on that rostrum, watching and listening from a vantage point that gives him a commanding view of the entire assembly, allowing him to observe body language and subtle interactions and whole-room dynamics that the Presiding Officer would be too occupied to note.
At Erap’s impeachment I remember SP Nene Pimentel seated beside CJ Hilario Davide, an arrangement signifying Pimentel’s continued Senate leadership, while Davide focused strictly on running the judicial proceedings.
Worked for us then, works for us now.
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Gatchalian to focus on legislative work as Escudero presides over trial https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/