Archive for May, 2012

SENATOR-JUDGE Panfilo Lacson said he found it hard to believe that Chief Justice Renato Corona could make mistakes in calculating and declaring his assets and liabilities. In voting to convict Corona, Lacson said that he did his homework over the...

May 29, 2012 · Posted in: General

Gringo to Corona: Step down

SENATOR-JUDGE Gregorio Honasan cast a guilty vote against Chief Justice Renato Corona, saying that while the prosecution had not proven that the defendant was corrupt or malicious, Corona however was no longer fit to stay in office. Honasan said...

SENATOR-JUDGE Teofisto Guingona III cast yet another guilty vote against Chief Justice Renato Corona, saying that he had tried to use the Constitution to justify the concealment of his peso and dollar accounts. "How can one man use the same...

May 29, 2012 · Posted in: General

Jinggoy: Corona has no excuse

SENATOR-JUDGE Jinggoy Estrada cast a guilty vote against Chief Justice Renato Corona in the impeachment trial, saying that Corona had no excuse since he was supposed to be the highest magistrate in the land. "The most important question is, itong...

May 29, 2012 · Posted in: General

Chiz: Regretfully, I vote guilty

SENATOR-JUDGE Francis Escudero voted for the conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona, even as he lauded Corona for breaking ground by signing a waiver opening his bank accounts to the public. Escudero said he regrets having to vote for the...

SENATOR-JUDGE Franklin Drilon cast a vote of guilty against Chief Justice Renato Corona, adding that the "enormity" of his undeclared assets was already enough to establish a "prima facie case for ill-gotten wealth." Drilon said the law requires...

May 29, 2012 · Posted in: General

Miriam: This is not impeachable

SENATOR-JUDGE Miriam Defensor Santiago cast the second vote to acquit Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, saying the crime he is accused of committing is not impeachable. Santiago argued that the Constitution lists impeachable crimes as...