Readers Views: What have you learned from the impeachment trial?

That the future of this country does not lie in the hands of politicians, but from the ordinary Filipinos who are in the streets, who everyday sweat blood and tears to earn for the food of their family. What happens in Malacañang, Senate, Congress and Supreme Court matters not to the lives of the ordinary Filipinos. – Atty. Clarence Paul Oaminal

I have learned how to appreciate more the spirit and the letter of the law. – James Natera

It is important to have a wife if you are a forgetful government employee with a ridiculous amount of money. – Moses Karaan

The SALN Law may cause inconvenience to those who enter government service, as probability of kidnapping, extortion or harassment, but it is the law.

People who choose to serve in government, whether as an elected official or an appointed bureaucrat, must declare their real worth from the start. I believe CJ Corona failed here, and I was hoping for a conviction. The penalty ought to be beyond what the SALN law provides for he is no less, the Highest Magistrate, who must be free from any stain, any iota of doubt.

If they don’t want the SALN Law, they can always refuse to be in government and do public service thru the private sector. The law by principle is proactive, a deterrent to siphoning public funds by public servants or using public office to suck in funds. - Cerwin T. Eviota