SENATOR-JUDGE Ralph Recto voted to convict Chief Justice Renato Corona, the 15th senator-judge to do so and edging the highest magistrate in the land closer to a conviction. The Constitution only requires a vote of two thirds of the senate sitting...

SENATOR-JUDGE Aquilino Pimentel III also voted for conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona, saying he was not persuaded by the arguments of the defense that Corona had acted on good faith. "The arguments of the respondent do not persuade this...

SENATOR-JUDGE Francis Pangilinan said Chief Justice Renato Corona had shown a systematic pattern of dishonesty, and should be removed from the Supreme Court. Pangilinan said that Corona himself had stated before that lawyers who are proven to have...

SENATOR-JUDGE Sergion Osmena III voted to convict Chief Justice Renato Corona, saying that if a simple court employee could be dismissed for failing to disclose ownership of a sari-sari store, Corona must also be subjected to the same...

SENATOR-JUDGE Ferdinand Marcos Jr voted to acquit Chief Justice Renato Corona, saying that in the end the Bill of Rights must reign supreme over everything. Marcos argued that barring any real proof that Corona had acted with malice, he "must be...

SENATOR-JUDGE Loren Legarda voted to convict Chief Justice Renato Corona, saying that acquitting him would in effect "lift the floodgates" and "sow public distrust" of the judiciary and the government. Legarda said she was disappointed that the...

SENATOR-JUDGE Lito Lapid rendered a guilty vote on Chief Justice Renato Corona, saying it was clear that Corona had violated the law. Lapid said that at the start he felt pity for the Chief Justice, especially when he first appeared before the...