Record of the Senate - Integrated Bar of the Philippines

46 TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012Mr. Ginez. Noon pong 2001, ay naging Assistant Presidential Legal Counsel po, kung hindipo ako nagkakamali.Senator Lacson. Ito pong panahon na may mga writ of execution, ano po ang katungkulanniya, kung mayroon man?Mr. Ginez. Ang katungkulan na po niya, siya na po ay isang Associate Justice ng SupremeCourt.Senator Lacson. Maraming salamat po.The Presiding Officer. You know, Sheriff,—Mr. Bisnar. Opo.The Presiding Officer. —noon bang nalaman ninyo na iyong nangangatawan ng CorporationBasa-Guidote ay isang babaeng nagngangalang Cristina Corona, alam ba ninyo kung ano angkanyang relasyon sa Justice Renato Corona ng Korte Suprema?Mr. Bisnar. Noong panahon pong iyon hindi ko po alam, noong panahong iyon.The Presiding Officer. A, hindi mo alam noong panahon na iyon.Mr. Bisnar. Hindi pa po.The Presiding Officer. O, sige.Mr. Ginez. The Defense, Your Honor, is asking for a copy of the petition: In the Matter of theProbate of the Will of Rosario Guidote Vda. De Basa. Petitioners: Asuncion Basa Roco and CristinaRoco Corona, Special Proceeding No. 95-76331 and raffled to and assigned to Regional Trial Court,Branch 12 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Your Honor.Mr. Cuevas. If Your Honor, please, with the kind indulgence of the Court. I am not asking fora copy. Since the cross-examination question is predicated on alleged pleading, it is our stand, YourHonor, that in accordance with the Rules on Evidence, the document must first be shown to theWitness, allow him to read before he answers, Your Honor. We are not asking a copy.Mr. Ginez. Thank you, Your Honor. We will now allow the Witness to.... Ginoong Sheriff,pinapakita ko po sa inyo itong petition....The Presiding Officer. The Prosecution is instructed to show the document to the Witness.Mr. Ginez. Ang tanong ko po sa inyo kanina, hindi po ba sinabi ni Ginang Corona na siyaay nag-file ng petition na ito sa Regional Trial Court of Manila and in that petition she claimed thatRosario Guidote Vda. De Basa is the owner, and I would like to quote, Your Honor, paragraph 3 ofthe petition: “The estate of the testatrix consists of personal properties in the form of 4,665 shares ofstocks in the corporation registered as Basa-Guidote Enterprises, Inc., of which only 70 shares weredisposed of as legacies in her will and the household furniture in her residence.” The date of the petitionis November 29, 1995.Mr. Cuevas. At this juncture, Your Honor, we will most humbly request that the question besimplified. It is loaded with several subjects. “Hindi ho ba sinabi sa inyo ni Mrs. Corona?”, thenseveral other subjects. It cannot be answered by plain yes or no, Your Honor.The Presiding Officer. Reform your questions, Counsel, so that there will be no further objection.