The “Small Lady” story has been hounding the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona as the Senate seeks to find out if the documents submitted by the prosecution, and whose source is the small lady, is a fake. Lawyers for PS Bank and the President of PS Bank stated that the documents are not the same, contain alterations and are PEKE or local vernacular for fake. Presiding Judge Juan Ponce Enrile has insisted however that they bring the original document to compare the documents to those presented by the prosecution panel and attached to the subpoena.
Several Senators have berated the prosecution panel for the allegedly fake document and their submission of this to the impeachment body without any prior sleuthing on their part. Big Man Congressman Rey Umali has continued to stick to the small lady tale even as the CCTV Senate Cameras did not find any footage of the actual transfer of documents from the small lady to the big congressman.
This story has been determined as a huge mistake in terms of making the impeachment process faster. Questions of law on evidence and a TRO from the Supreme Court has damaged the prosecution case indubitably. As they try to solve this snag, the prosecution has changed their position by publicly saying that the accounts of Corona has been verified by the PS Bank President despite of questions on its authenticity.
The Senate impeachment court will be hearing more from the PS Bank today on the fake document issue. On another note, there are some PS Bank customers who have claimed that their accounts have been tampered and are filling cases against it.
The Big Congressman through his small lady story may just be a huge mistake for the impeachment court, the prosecution and the banking industry!
San Lorenzo Village Monitor 