Editorial cartoon by VINCENT GO
The revelations about Corona so far may have shocked and angered the public—the apparent lack of delicadeza, the unexplained assets, the conflicts of interest. But the revelations need to withstand the rigors of the court with all its technicalities, and not merely the canons of a journalistic report. And somehow, it’s hard to shake the feeling the prosecution has been presenting its case on a hit-or-miss or trial-and-error basis, if not as a fishing expedition from which they have as yet no idea what they will reel in.