Antero J. Pobre Vs. Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago A.C. NO. 7399. August 25, 2009

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 * Antero J. Pobre Vs. Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago
 * A.C. NO. 7399. August 25, 2009
 * Velasco
 * https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/49573
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I am not angry. I am irate. I am foaming in the mouth. I am homicidal. I am suicidal. I am humiliated, debased, degraded. And I am not only that, I feel like throwing up to be living my middle years in a country of this nature. I am nauseated. I spit on the face of Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban and his cohorts in the Supreme Court, I am no longer interested in the position [of Chief Justice] if I was to be surrounded by idiots. I would rather be in another environment but not in the Supreme Court of idiots No member shall be questioned nor be held liable in any other place for any speech or debate in the Congress or in any committee thereof. We cannot overstress that the senator's use of intemperate language to demean and denigrate the highest court of the land is a clear violation of the duty of respect lawyers owe to the courts. Finally, the Senator asserts that complainant Pobre has failed to prove that she in fact made the statements in question. Suffice it to say in this regard that, although she has not categorically denied making such statements, she has unequivocally said making them as part of her privilege speech. Her implied admission is good enough for the Court.

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WHEREFORE, the letter-complaint of Antero J. Pobre against Senator/Atty. Miriam Defensor-Santiago is, conformably to Art. VI, Sec. 11 of the Constitution, DISMISSED.