Guilty as charged

Today, history unfolded right before my eyes - the chief magistrate was given the boot by the senators-jurors with an astounding 20-3 vote, for culpable violation of the Constitution by deliberately excluding the reporting of several, unbelievably-valued peso and dollar accounts in his SALN. Since Erap's 2001 trial didn't end with a conviction nor an acquittal because of the walkout staged by some disgusted prosecutors, Mr. Corona went down in written record and living memory as the first official to be tried and served a decision by the impeachment court.

How did the senators-judges vote regarding the matter at hand, the breakdown is as follows:

For Conviction                                                     

• Angara
• Cayetano, A.
• Cayetano, P.
• Drilon
• Escudero
• Estrada
• Guingona
• Honasan
• Lacson
• Lapid
• Legarda
• Osmena
• Pangilinan
• Pimentel
• Recto
• Revilla
• Sotto
• Trillanes
• Villar
• Enrile

For Acquittal:

• Arroyo
• Defensor-Santiago
• Marcos

A staggering number of votes for removal from office in lieu of a staggering amount of wealth hidden from the public's view - that is how I made sense of the conclusion of the high court-high drama that has been my afternoon delight for quite some time.