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Senators Reject Move to Ban Cellphone Use during Hearings.

Senator Tessie Oreta reportedly threatened to sue CORDLESS, or Citizens Organization Disgusted by Lawmakers' Endless Sellphone Socializing for requesting that cellphones be banned inside the Senate Hall during the Impeachment hearings. CORDLESS issued a statement to the effect that "this law is applicable to Filipino students, who as we all know are banned from using their cellphones during class", and "therefore should be even more strictly enforced during the Hearing of the Century in the Senate Hall as a shining example to the youth".

Many Senators, who are also judges of the Impeachment hearings, have been observed to be constantly reading their text messages or taking calls from either the Powers that Were or one of their newly hired pool of lawyers. It is also widely becoming evident that many of the senators do not know the basic rules of law, and have had to resort to this type of cellular coaching to save what little face they have left as the hearings are broadcast to the entire Filipino people.

The infamous Senator and official timekeeper of the hearings, former Marcos Press Agent Kit Tatad had earlier tried to limit the people's ability to observe the "public servants" by asking that Senators not be shown on camera. Although many reportedly agree with Tatad in the sense that the sight is indeed sickening, it is still a manifestation of their inability to come to grips with reality. In the case of Tatad, CORDLESS "fully supports the move to blur his face each time it appears on the telecast to avoid trauma children suffer whenever he announces the time ahead of time". In another instance, CORDLESS says "Take for example the case of the two senators who cannot tell the difference between a "TIP" (to insure promptness) and an outright bribe. The two Senators, Oreta and John Osmena admitted receiving one million pesos each during a sortie on the presidential yacht, "RPS Ang Lagay Mo". However, the two bribe takers are also still sitting as Senators AND judges in the trial of President Joseph Estrada for graft and corruption". CORDLESS did not return calls to the editor as their PLDT line was "temporarily out of service, getting ready for tapping".