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View Poll Results: Senate's verdict on CJ

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  • Guilty!

    58 84.06%
  • Not Guilty

    9 13.04%
  • i couldn't care less

    2 2.90%
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  1. Join Date
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    #3481
    Yung mga nag vote ng not guilty wala pang paliwanag?

    para ma-cross examination ang argumento nila! hehe

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    #3482
    Quote Originally Posted by niky View Post
    Put another way... na kay Aquino ang majority sa Senate, pero na kay Gloria pa rin majority sa SC... but they will be very wary of using their power for Corona if he is impeached. Alam nila yung opinion na ng mga lawyers and judges are against the Chief Justice after what happened last Tuesday and his brazen statements regarding the Constitution.
    Agree. This trial will give them something to think about before they wield their powers, knowing what had happened to another co-GMA appointee.

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    #3483
    CJ Corona’s last stand
    By Rowena V. Guanzon May 28, 2012 6:44am


    It was “make or break” for Chief Justice Corona who took the witness stand as one who, in his words, is being politically persecuted by a president who lost a land reform case in the Supreme Court.

    Presented by his lawyers as their best witness, the chief justice surprisingly delivered his direct testimony by reading it, appealing to the sympathy of the public, instead of impressing us with jurisprudence and his knowledge of the law. And then, after three hours, he stood up and left without leave of the Senate President. Such was the negative effect of his “walk out” that a senator called it “suicide.” Perhaps the senators have already made up their minds, but had he not returned on Friday, they would have felt disrespected until after judgment day.

    Did he commit “culpable violation of the Constitution” and betray the public trust by not disclosing in his statement of assets and liabilities (SALN) the acquisition cost of real properties and according to him, 2.4 million dollars and 80 million pesos cash in the banks? To the person on the street, the question is simply, is CJ Corona fit to remain the highest magistrate in the land?

    In order for CJ Corona’s omission of millions of dollars and millions of pesos from his SALN to be considered a “culpable violation of the Constitution,” it must have been done deliberately. He admits that he omitted those assets, but reasoned that these are not assets required to be disclosed in the SALN because these are foreign currency, and the 80 million pesos is commingled funds with his spouse and children, although the account is in his name. Had it been by inadvertence as suggested by his counsel before he testified, CJ Corona might rely on the Supreme Court decision in the case of DPWH Undersecretary Salvador Pleyto, who was found guilty of simple negligence for failing to disclose his wife’s business interests in his SALN. Instead, the CJ consciously omitted his cash in banks but justifies it by citing a law, the Foreign Currency Deposits Act.

    Did he omit these millions in his SALN to hide his assets and net worth? Did he do this to avoid being found out? Or should he be excused for his interpretation of the law?

    The amount of the cash in bank matters because they are not a pittance. It can lead to the conclusion that the CJ omitted these precisely to avoid the suspicion that these were ill-gotten. One question that could have been asked was, how much was his savings in foreign currency and pesos beginning from the day he was appointed justice and up to the present? But even if that was not disclosed by CJ Corona, 2.4 million dollars and 80 million pesos are very substantial amounts, which is why Senator Koko Pimentel stated that Corona’s savings as a bank lawyer turned Deputy Presidential Legal Counsel to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court could not have multiplied like bacteria.

    CJ Corona did not cite any jurisprudence to support his defense that because of the secrecy of his foreign currency deposits, he is not required to disclose these in his SALN. Should CJ
    Corona be excused if this is found to be an erroneous interpretation of the law?

    Whether or not CJ Corona is correct in his opinion that the Foreign Currency Deposit Act prevails over the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees, there is no doubt as to where his duty lies. It is to uphold the Constitution, and to be the role model for all lawyers and justices, always ethical in all things that he does. The public expects a hundred times more from a Chief Justice than what it expects of lawyers and judges.

    In the 1990 case of Montemayor, the Supreme Court dismissed a BIR official for his failure to disclose in his SALN vehicles worth millions of pesos because he said he bought these on installment. The Court held that, “His repeated and consistent failure to reflect truthfully and adequately all his assets and liabilities in his (SALN) betrays his claim of innocence and good faith.” Where a Chief Justice is concerned, will the Senate apply a different standard?

    The Chief Justice is presumed to know the law. He is supposed to know all laws and jurisprudence. He must always be above reproach. Using interpretation of the law as a defense, therefore, is a risky strategy. The difficult part about being Chief Justice is that he is expected to be above us ordinary mortals.
    source; CJ Corona’s last stand | GMA News Online | The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere
    Last edited by ghosthunter; May 28th, 2012 at 11:03 AM.

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    #3484
    Kailangan pa ba i-memorize yan?
    Fasten your seatbelt! Or else... Driven To Thrill!

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    #3485
    GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt!!!!:hang::hang:

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    #3486
    Guilty sya, pero ayaw ko mahatawan na guilty. Magiging kontrolado na ni Aquino ang SC. Pwede ba yon?
    CJ sya, pero bat di nya alam batas. Kung di nya alam yun batas, eh di, alis na lng sya di ba.

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    #3487
    A mere court interpreter has been dismissed outright by the SC on account of non-declaration of a small business in the SALN. It wasn't the amount or value of the business which was at issue but that of DISHONESTY in the (preparation of the) SALN.

    Why can't the same standard be made to apply to the Chief Justice? Is it because he holds a higher and loftier position? Our senators would do well to think about that.

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    #3488
    for theatrical Lang yun waiver niya, why didn't he just bring the pertinent documents Kung talagang sincere siya Sa waiver kuno..

    Saka hinde naman daw unconditional waiver eh meron pa rin condition, only opening and closing statements Lang pala Ang nasa waiver niya.

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    #3489
    Guilty tapos isunod na yung mga iba pa.

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    #3490
    73% prefer Corona conviction, says latest SWS survey
    Philippine Daily Inquirer Friday, March 30th, 2012

Impeachment against CJ Corona..