January 16, 2001
Here's what happened last night in Manila relating the on-going impeachment trial of President Estrada. The trial session, which I was watcing live on TV, extended past the normal 7pm suspension time; it was getting past 9pm when the Senate President resigned his position as Senate President who assists in presiding over the hearings along with the Supreme Court Chief Justice. Around midnight, an impromptu rally was held at the EDSA shrine, a few blocks away from where I live, at which Manila Archbishop Cardinal Sin and ex-President Cory Aquino spoke and called for mass indignation ralleys tomorrow. It is reported that the 11 member House panel prosecuting the President will resign en mass this morning at a House Session.