Mob hungry for more lynching

Editorial

The yellow mob of Noynoy has lately expanded to members of the Senate impeachment court its public lynching targets as the imminent verdict on impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona is becoming apparent after the House prosecutors withdrew five of the eight charges in the articles of impeachment.

The other day, a Catholic priest known to be close to the Aquino family became the latest tool for the yellow attack against the senator-judges with an admonition against Senator-Judge Miriam Defensor-Santiago that she’s courting the fires of hell for her frequent tirades against the allies of Noynoy in the House prosecution panel.

Prior to these, the members of the yellow mob, primarily the House allies of Noynoy and the several yellow groups of civil socialities were extolling Vitaliano Aguirre who angered senator judges for making the uncalled for gesture of covering his ears when Santiago was raising a point to the prosecutors over their decision to withdraw a substantial portion of their allegations against Corona.

The group calling itself Former Senior Government Officials (FSGO), which was formed by the so-called Hyatt 10 of Cabinet officials that bolted the administration of former President Arroyo, even issued a press statement saying that a fund raising campaign was started to pay whatever dues Aguirre will incur after being cited in contempt by the impeachment court.

The trouble with these civil society groups which have so many names but are really one and the same yellow group, do come up with all these statements, despite the fact that it does not reflect the sentiments of the entire FSGO members, but the Yellows within that group and whoever is the head of a group that is pro-Nonoy, come up with that kind of propaganda, to create a perception that indeed such groups are not only for the conviction of the Chief Justice, but also that it is a very influential group, which in reality it is not.

But Aguirre is being made a rallying figure against select impeachment court judges who contradict the prosecution panel and are perceived to be leaning toward acquitting Corona.

Senate President and impeachment court presiding judge Juan Ponce Enrile had issued a warning also recently against those issuing statements preempting the impeachment process which were directed against Malacañang and its House allies who keep up a barrage of propaganda for the media with assessments all pointing to a definite conviction of Corona.

Such statements are usually accompanied by views about the supposed bias of some of the judges and which is being blamed on the inability of the House panel to present its evidence.

Obviously the goal is to villify the judges as being the cause of the more probable acquittal of Corona and lay the basis for extra-constitutional means to oust the Chief Justice on the assumption of a partial Senate court.

In reality, however, the string of setbacks that the House panel encounters almost at a predictable interval at the Senate court has been mostly the result of its incompetence in substantiating its allegations against Corona.

Frequently raised against the prosecutors were their inabilities to follow basic litigation procedures that are learned early on in law school.

Noynoy had stated in the past that the impeachment process would not be the only means he intends to use in removing Corona and in his retaking of the Supreme Court.

He indicated his preference for quick extra-constitutional means to attain his whims when he declared during the campaign period that there was no way he would lose in the presidential election except if he was cheated and that he was ready to call for another People Power assembly to force his proclamation as president.

Noynoy and his mob’s thirst for political blood appears insatiable, targeting all whom they consider as obstacles to their hypocritical straight path goal.

Those who get in the mob’s way are noosed and hanged high.