Miriam’s turn to listen

I have been watching the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, and I can see that there are participants particularly from the panel of senator-judges who sometimes go beyond the rules of proper conduct befitting a judge. I am singling out Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, who, every time she takes the podium, could make an observer feel as if an atomic bomb is about to drop. The fact is, she has a disdain for decorum and she thinks, talks and behaves as if she is the smartest person in the room.

I beg her pardon.

She may have knowledge but she doesn’t possess even a bit of wisdom. Every time she opens her big mouth, vitriol drips. It is very obvious that the object of her ire and pugnacious diatribes are the prosecutors whom she curmudgeonly treats like morons. Santiago behaves like a starving lion looking for a prey. A great “grandstand player,” she certainly loves to be in the limelight, always.

Santiago’s pugnacious behavior must be controlled, and I suggest that she take up lessons on temper and anger management for her own sake.

I wonder if Santiago will bring with her this kind of behavior to the International Criminal Court. If she does, she might find herself physically gagged by her colleagues.

A word of advice for Santiago: Please don’t blame the prosecutors if your blood pressure soars up. It is not their fault, it’s all yours. Take a handful of Valium every time you enter the impeachment room to calm you down.

—MANUEL BIASON,

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