Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago went through a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure after suffering from high blood pressure in the impeachment trial on Thursday.
The good news is she’s fit to resume work as a judge in today’s (Monday) proceedings. The bad news is that House prosecutors and their private counsels, might be in for more scolding.
“There’s nothing wrong with my brain, contrary to the impression of my enemies,” Santiago said in an interview over radio dzBB, three days after her BP shot up to 180/90 and she had to leave the trial early.
The former Regional Trial Court judge on Sunday lambasted prosecutors for complaining in media about her demeanor in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
She was incensed after anchor Nimfa Ravelo played an audio clip of Rep. Neptali Gonzales II complaining in Filipino and English that Santiago was embarrassing the prosecutors on TV. “We both have constituents, we both are respected by people who voted for us,” Gonzales said.
Santiago lashed back in Filipino, saying senators and representatives were “no equals.” She also pointed out that only the Senate was tasked by the Constitution to try and decide impeachment cases.
“They’re just trying to look good (nagpapaguwapo) because of the next elections. They only have a year to campaign that’s why they are maximizing their TV exposure so the voters would know them,” she said.
Santiago also blasted House members for allegedly “saying things outside of the truth … just to be in the papers.”
“As much as possible, a congressman wants to be a senator that’s why they like issuing press releases so they would be known right away,” she said.
Santiago said the public should distinguish between her role as a judge in the impeachment court and her critics, who might be just after free publicity for the coming elections at her expense.
“He will use any means to be known in public because if he says something against me he could be lucky and land in the papers and and media for his scandalous remarks,” she said in Filipino.
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