In a combative and dramatic hour-long privilege speech Monday, Senator Bong Revilla revealed how President Benigno Aquino III, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas and Budget Secretary Florencio Abad intervened to oust former Chief Justice Renato Corona. He derisively called Roxas “Boy Pick-up”, since the Interior secretary picked him up and drove him to Malacanang. The senator quoted the President as saying, “Friend, I appeal to you. Please give me this. He needs to be impeached.” Twenty out of 23 senators, Revilla among them, convicted Corona in May 2012, who was accused of failing to accurately declare his assets. Revilla said he is afraid they will again meddle in the prosecution of officials implicated in the pork barrel scam. He says the administration is using the issue to destroy opponents in the 2016 polls. Revilla is reportedly eyeing the presidency in the next elections. Revilla maintained his innocence. He branded the whistleblowers as liars, accusing them of faking his and his staff’s signatures. He said he got his wealth from his 30 years in show business.
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