Moments of laughter break ‘monotony’ in Corona trial
Written By admin on Friday, February 24, 2012 | 4:24 AM
Just how fast is “faster than 12 o’clock”? And what is a military rank called DD? Do guys really shun from gossip? These were the topics that provided some smiles, if not laughter, in the otherwise monotonous impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona in the Senate on Thursday.
No less than the usually stern Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, after he asked one prosecutor how fast is “faster than 12 o’clock,” admitted that he was just trying to “break the monotony of the proceedings.”
The 88-year-old Enrile asked the question after public prosecutor Raul Daza responded to Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada’s inquiry on how fast the Supreme Court issued the temporary restraining order on the implementation of the watch list order against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband.
“Inilabas po ‘yung TRO nang mas mabilis pa sa alas-dose,” Daza said.
“Gaano ba kabilis ang alas-dose?” Enrile asked, sending many in the Senate session hall into laughter.
Read full story here By ANDREO CALONZO and KIM TAN, GMA News