JOSE V. ROMERO
Some people are convicted by what they say; Janet is going to be convicted by what she did not say. As far as the bar of public opinion is concerned, her demeanor at the Senate hearing—her evasiveness, the lack of candor in the face of probing questions from the senators, will be her Waterloo. With every denial in the face of compelling evidence in the hands of some of the interrogators in the Senate, such as her letters during the fertilizer scam, admitting to the use of PDAF, and the evidence presented by the team of whistleblowers—she dug deeper into her grave.