What Vitaliano Aguirre has to say about Miriam’s vote?

MANILA, Philippines – He may have resigned as a private prosecutor, but lawyer Vitaliano Aguirre was not going to miss the verdict of the Senate impeachment court.

“I’m very happy that senators were able to decide the case fairly and rightly and correctly. I believe that this is a victory for the Filipino people, a victory for decency and governance,” Aguirre told Rappler.

When Senator Miriam Santiago started fuming over the prosecution again on Tuesday, May 29, several people tried to make Aguirre cover his ears again. But he said he did not do it because “I did not want to be OA.”

Santiago attacked the prosecution panel for the supposedly questionable ways it presented evidence against Chief Justice Renato Corona. Among others, she mentioned the way the Anti-Money Laundering Council shared Corona’s bank records without a court order.

“Hindi lamang ako ang binastos niya kundi ang buong Senado na ngayon. She is incorrigible. Talagang ang puso niya ay full of hate doon sa mga prosecutors,” Aguirre said. – Rappler.com

Click on the links below for more Rappler stories. 

• When prosecutor Aguirre ‘unfollowed’ Miriam
• Defensor-Santiago, Miriam: ‘Not guilty’
• Corona found guilty, removed from office
• Corona accepts verdict
• #CoronaTrial: How the senators voted [with VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS]