The impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona remains as enigmatic as the man tasked to lead the panel of its judges, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile.
Recently, Esquire Magazine banked on the trend and published an interesting article, What I've Learned: Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile. Although he spoke with the wisdom of a man who was "not fortunate enough to be born in a soft bed," one cannot tell at his age of 92 years if he is on the road to redemption or perdition.
On one hand, he professes to believe in a Supreme Being. On the other, he says, "How does one get anything done in Congress? You have to have friends. You have to maintain connections with people who have the cloud." By all indications, he is still a politician who can go either way. There is just no way of getting a sense from him as to who this impeachment trial will end up serving-Filipinos or Corona.
After all, Enrile, who once had to learn from the "art of war" in order to survive in the "jungle" as he referred to life, might just be reserving the right to change his mind in case the fight ends up being a matter of his own survival. Besides, history often repeats itself.
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