PHILIPPINES R E P U B LO IC FT H E THE PHILIPPINES C O N G R EO SF S SENATE ASTHEIMPEACHMENT STTTING COURT

IN THE MATTER OF THE IMPEACHMENT OF RENATOC. ASCHIEF JUSTICE OFTHE CORONA SUPREME COURT OF THE PH ILIPPI NES, CASE NO. OO2-ZOLL NIELC. TUPAS, REPRESENTATIVES EMILIO A. ABAYA, JR., JOSEPH LORENZO R. TANADA, III, V. UMALI,ARLENE REYNALDO J. BAG-AO (other complainants comprising one third (Ll3l of the total Members of the House of Representatives as are indicated below)
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MANIFESTATION

T h e H OU S EOF R E P R E SENTATIVES, thr ough its PROSECUTORS, r espec tful l y and r espectfully states that: submits t h e i n sta n tMa n i fe sta ti o n,

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2012,the Prosecutors filed a Manifestation/Compliance On L8 January

namely: to be presented, the sequence of the first three(3) Articles stating therein Vll. ll,Article l, andArticle Article

2 2. Further, the Manifestation stated thatbefore the presentation of evidence

will tim ely infor m the o f t h e f i r s t th re e (3 ) A rti cl e si s com pleted, the pr osecution of the next thr ee ( 3) Ar ticles Honorable lmp e a ch me nC t o u rta n d the r espondent that pr esentation of evidence, which will then be w i l l b e t h e su b j e cto f th e su cce eding n f e vi dence of the lasttwo Ar ticles f o l l o w e db y th e p re se n ta ti o o after due noticeto the Honorable C o u rta n dth e re sp o n d ent.

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l t b e a rse mp h a si s th a t som eof the witnesses and evidence cut acr os s tw o

o r m o r e A r ti cl e s.Mo re o ve r, th e re is a possibility that the witnesses for the pr evi ous l y m a n i f e s t e Arti d cl e s ma y n o t b e a vailable to attendand that the docum ents m ightno t be forthcoming a t th e e sti ma te dti me of pr esentation. Thus, in or der to facilita tean s pr esent e x p e d i t i o utri s a l , i t b e h o o ve s th e Pr osecutorto evidence for Ar ticlelll be for e p r e s e n t i ntg y n i fe sted h e p re vi o u sl ma Ar ticles I andVll.

4.

F u rth e r, i t h a sb e e nd eeply entr enched in our jur ispr udence that the o r der

n f p ro se cu ti o n ; i ther o f p r e s e n ta ti o o w i tnesses is the pr er ogative of the pr osecutorne t o r th e co u rt ma y inter fer e with it.1 Section t h e r e s p o n d e nn 5, Rule110 of the Rul es of y stsi n th e p ro se c utor the dir ection C o u r te x p r e sslve and contr oloverthe pr osecuti on of t h e c a s eT . h e d e te rmi n a ti o o n f w h i chevidence to pr esent r estsupon him .2Thiswil l not o f th e d u e p ro ce ss ri ghtsof the r espondent because b e v i o l a t i ve he will be give nan th and he will have a chance o p p o r t u n i ty to cro ss-e xa mi n e e witnesses to pr esenthi s r ests its case. o w n e v i d e nce a fte rth e p ro se cu ti on

1 Peopleof the Philippines v. Aguinas, et. al., G.R.No. 727993, 12,1997 September 2Peopleof the Philippinesv. Saldana, April 15,2004. et. al., C.R. No. 148518,

3 5. C o n se q u e n tlth y, e P rosecutor s e constr ained ar to seekthe liber ality of thi s

Honorable C o u rt to a l l o w i t to pr esentAr ticle lll pr ior to Ar ticle l, as pr evi ous l y m a n i f e s t e dF . u rth e rmo re a,s a g e stur e of goodfaithand fair ness to the r esponden the t, P r o s e c u t ors a l soma n i fe st th a t i t shallexer tits besteffor tsto pr esent the lmpeachm ent Articles i n t h e fo l l o w i n g o rd e r: Ar ticlell Ar ticlelll Ar ticle Vll Ar ticle I Article Vlll ArticlelV Ar ticle V ArticleVl

5.

T o re i te ra teth , e i mp or tant objective pr oceeding of this impeachment i s to The Filipinopeople' sear nes tand

u n c o v e rt h e tru th w i th a fa i r a n d cr edible tr ial.

genuine fo r tru th sh o u l dn ot be hinder ed s e a rch by str ict pr ocedur al constr aints. lt is t h e r e f o r e re sp e ctfu l l y su b mi tte d that this objectivewill be ser ved by giving the p r o s e c u t i o ln yet at the sametim e affor di ng a ti tu d e in pr esenting its case, a n d fl e xi b i l i ty t mp l eo p p o rtu n i ty to conduct hisdefense. t h e r e s p o n d e na

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T H E H OUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES R e p ublicof the Philippines

By: OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE PROSECUTORS PRIVATE PROSECUTORS

.NIEL C .T U P A S JR. LeadProsecutor

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