PROSECUTORS SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR P3.5M BUDGET!

The prosecution panel should make a PUBLIC ACCOUNTING of the P3.5 million it has spent since the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona started last Jan. 16.

Public because it’s OUR TAXES, GUYS! Let n one ever forget that.

From Jan. 16 until the trial went on a break last March 15 (if I remember correctly), approximately 60 days had passed. That includes Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays when there are no hearings.

If you divide P3.5 million by 60 days, that’s approximately P58,000 plus DAILY since the trial began.

Now, the prosecution has been saying right from the start that the 50 prosecutors from the private sector which they had tapped are helping them FREE of charge. 

Anybody correct me if I’m wrong but I also don’t recall the prosecution having ever declared that they had rented, bought, built or spent on something special which they need for the trial.

The impeachment trial is being held in the Senate, so it’s the Senate who’s paying for the electricity and other related expenses, not the prosecution.

I and my officemates religiously watch the live TV coverage of the trial and as far as I can recall, NEVER had the 50 private prosecutors joined their congressmen-prosecutors ALL AT THE SAME TIME!

But Noel said the private prosecutors’ fuel expenses were reimbursed

So WHERE DID THE P3.5 million go? Or to whom, when and what for? Who authorized the expenses?

House Accounts Committee Chair Rep. Florencio Noel said in a press statement that expenses for supplies accounted for P1.9 million, while food expenses ate up P1.565 million.

But Noel DID NOT ITEMIZE the expenses. Let’s do some simple mathematics, people.

If you divide the P1.565 million spent on food by 60 days, that would be approximately P25,000 daily seven days a week. I repeat, people, P25,000 daily on food alone even if there are NO HEARINGS on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

The P1.9 million for supplies translates to P30,000 plus a day if  divided by 60. What makes these supplies SO EXPENSIVE, and FOR WHAT were these used, or are being used?

And the fuel reimbursements for the private prosecutors, how much?

I repeat, guys, the P3.5 million came from our HARD-EARNED TAXES. We have all the right to know how has it been spent. 30

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From the readers:

PRODUCE PROOF, RAISSA ROBLES, OR SHUT UP!

CHICKOI CRUZ 

Painumin kaya ng herbal na makahiya. Gamot yon sa mga makakapal ang mukha.

DON LEDRES JR

Hayaan n’yo na muna siya maglabas ng kung ano-ano, Alam naman natin lahat bakit ginagawa niya mga yan. Once acquitted na ang CJ, lulunukin niyang lahat pinagsasabi niya, Katakot takot na asunto pa ang aabutin nyan. Magkaka-kanser din ang gagang yan sa uterus, cervix or breast, hintayin n’yo lang. Mas OK kung sa cervix magkaroon,... matagal niyang pagtitiiisan at napakabaho pa na kahit 10 metro na ang layo amoy isdang nabubulok siya. Asahan n’yo iyan.

DONN IDOS of Paranaque City

Walang proof iyan. Hearsay, meron.

RON RONQUILLO of  Manila

Yeah. None of that confidential sources bullshit!

ENNA VERGA

Hoping for the defense team to have a subpoena issued to this idiot and let her testify under oath! SINUNGALING to the max.

RAFFY ADVINCULA

I think dyan na mabubuking si Raissa pagdating sa production of proof. I have a strong feeling na wala syang maibibigay na concrete, fool-proof, reliable and authentic evidence. It's just an allegation coming from someone who is burning fire for Corona. Eventually, the fire will die, this accusation fades and the blog of Raissa will simply be a dot in history.

RONALD TUASON

She can only produce lies. Hindi titigil yan, kasi bayaran, The best thing na dapat gawin nya pag sablay ang kuwento niya, magsuicide na lang sya.

RAIZZA WYNNE

Shut up, Raissa Robles. Talk to the marines.

LARD SOLOSA

Now we know why nedia people want to decriminalize libel and the enactment of Freedom of Information bill -- These moves will lead to destruction of whom the GODS OF MEDIA WISH TO DESTROY! 30