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The statement of the defense team that it achieved a breakthrough when the Senate President ruled that the prosecution should drop 2.4 of article 2 on ill gotten wealth is MISLEADING.
After taking up 2.2 and 2.3 of article 2 of the impeachment complaint, if the declared assets of the Chief Justice can not be adequately justified how he was able to acquire them given his declared income, these said assets under the Unexplained Wealth Law are deemed ill gotten. The Chief Justice in this case because of the said law has to prove that these are not ill gotten and therefore not subject to forfeiture in favor of the government plus the corresponding sanctions on him.
In short, the ill gotten case may just develop after the entries in the SALN of the Chief Justice together with the other pertinent documents allowed by the Senate as evidences are evaluated and his wealth is computed not commensurate to his legal income.
IS THIS NOT 2.4 OF ARTICLE 2??
Might this be the consideration why the resignation of the Chief Justice be eminent??

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