Impeachment against CJ Corona..

[explorer]

kala ko si thief justice lang gustong magpalusot...mga tuta pala nya parang idol din nila

[tsupermario]

sabi nga ni lakay farinas less than 2% lang ng actual net worth ni CJ ang naka-declare sa kanyang SALN. hindi na 'good faith' yan. palusot!

[Altis6453]

Why CJ Corona must not be convicted by the Senate?

1. On the issue of bias decisions in favor of CGMA:

CJ Corona is entitled only to one vote. The decisions of the Supreme Court cannot be attributed to one justice alone owing to its nature of being a collegial body. Nonetheless, if voting patterns is considered, there are far more decisions of the court in which CJ Corona did not vote in favor of GMA than those favorable to the former president.

No doubt CJ only has one vote but wields tremendous influence over the rest of his fellow justices. He has the power of administration over the funds of the SC.

2. On the issue of non-disclosure of dollar accounts in his SALN:

CJ Corona did not declare his dollar accounts because he believed “in good faith” in the confidentiality of foreign deposits as provided by the laws on banking secrecy and foreign currency deposit units (FCDU). If he did so, then it would contravene the very law that Congress itself has passed. If there is conflict or ambiguity in the interpretation of the law, it is Congress itself that is to be blamed. Reliance in good faith in the law that Congress passed is not a crime. You cannot put an ordinary man behind bars for a law that in itself is ambiguous.

The FCDU law does not prohibit the owner of the foreign currency deposits from declaring publicly that he owns such funds. What violation does the owner commit? As a reminder to all public officials (whether you are a court interpreter or justice), public office is a public trust. Public officers and employees must, at all times, be accountable to the people, serve them with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty, and efficiency; act with patriotism and justice, and lead modest lives (Sec. 1, Art. XI, Constitution).

3. On the issue of betrayal of public trust:

Is reforming the bar exams to set minimum standards for admission to the law profession betrayal of public trust?

Is de-congesting court dockets and promoting alternative dispute resolution to avoid arduous case trial betrayal of public trust?

Is voting for the distribution of the Hacienda Luisita to the farmers betrayal of public trust?

Is voting in favor of farmers in the case of coco levy funds betrayal of public trust?

Is voting to protect an ordinary man's right to travel and presumption of innocence betrayal of public trust?

Is signing a waiver to disclose dollar accounts of the CJ himself and all Congressmen that has set the standard of transparency in public service betrayal of public trust?

If it is, then our senators have a wrong understanding of public trust. If they convict the Chief Justice on the ground of these baseless allegations then there is reason to believe that in this nation, tuwid na daan means: ang baluktot tinutuwid at ang tuwid binabaluktot.

As to the first four, the answer is no. However, protecting an "ordinary man's right to travel"? The person in question is no less than a former president who stands accused of high crimes. As far as I know, she wasn't even arrested at the port of departure --- merely prevented from leaving the country so that she can be made to answer charges she faced. Also, how do you explain the hastily issued TRO without complete compliance with the conditions set forth by the Court?

The CJ faced a huge public backlash by not being forthcoming with monies he actually owned. Instead, he chose to hide behind the FCDU law and a SC administrative order declaring SALNs of justices to be confidential. SALNs are by their nature, supposed to be available to the public for scrutiny. When finally forced to come up with an explanation, he gave a lame story of "saving up to buy dollars" since the 1960's. Back when the exchange rate was something like Php 3 to US$ 1. I've worked with bankers and they've all concluded that this was highly unlikely because there was little incentive to hedge against the Philippine Peso then. Unless you were a financial savant and predicted that 40-50 years later, the forex would be Php 43 to US$ 1. Eh diba hindi alam ng CJ kung asset nga ba ang dollar account?

STOP DIRTY POLITICS. This impeachment trial is not a venue for selfish political ambitions.

The impeachment of high public officials such as justices of the Supreme Court or members of Constitutional Commissions are a way to cleanse government from dirty politicians. Whatever you say, Corona cannot dissociate himself from dirty politics because his patron put him there for her protection.

STOP PERSECUTION. Let us not make the impeachment trial a way to harass justices of the Supreme Court and thus undermine Independence of the Philippine Judiciary.

Who's persecuting who? None of the other associate justices (save for Mariano Del Castillo) are facing impeachment.

STOP YELLOW RULE. Once and for all, set this nation free!


Free from the control of very few wealthy hacienderos while the rest of the nation is in poverty!

Free from blind hero worship of the Yellow clan who did nothing for this country except to ensure their class survival.

Free from the bondage of Yellow media manipulation that ensures continued ignorance of the Filipino masses.

Ang Laban ni CJ Corona, ay Laban ng karaniwang mamamayan.
Ang Laban ni CJ Corona, ay Laban ng Bayan.

Wag nating hayaan na sa yugtong ito ng ating kasaysayan,
Dilaw at hindi Batas ang manalaytay.

Ang laban ni CJ Corona ay para manatili siya sa kanyang poder bilang punong mahistrado, hindi para sa bayan. Hindi siya karaniwang tao o opisyal dahil siya ang namumuno sa SC. Hindi po bulag ang mga tao para hindi makita ang kanyang pag-tago at palusot sa tinagong kayamanan. Ang mga paliwanag niya ay hindi base sa batas, kundi BUTAS-BUTAS.

[LeBRONghini6]

I think ngayon palang dapat maconvict na. Dahil kung may ibang kaso eh pwede naman syang sampahan ng criminal cases eh. Kesa ma acquit sya di natin alam ang pwedeng mangyari dahil mananaitli syang CJ.

[shadow]

before technicalities nagtatago ngayon naman sa walang kamatayan. "those who have not sinned, cast the first stone"...pag ganyan pala eh di alisin na lang SC...wala ng makukulong sa criminals

[111prez]

the problem with the SALN law is that this was legislated/written by those who precisely have something to hide

time for all public officials to take the moral high ground

[shadow]

I agree lahat dapat mag sign ng waiver BUT now is not the place and time...after ma convict si corona then let's go after the others. siya nakasalang ngayon eh tapos ipapasa sa iba...ano siya swerte. mangdadamay pa? hahaha

Filipinos kept on asking for accountability from their leaders and when one is being held accountable, we now questions the motive...labo niyo!

[170kphlang]

pustahan tayo, kapag na-acquite yan. gagaling na ulit yan. very predictable move, ngayon nasa ospital siya para kapag guilty tago muna sa hospital at kaapg acquitted, cleared na ng doctors at discharged from the hospital na.

[111prez]

baka aatakehin sa puso sa sobrang tuwa si corona pag ma acquit kaya manatili pa rin sya sa medical city

herherher

[tsupermario]

I agree lahat dapat mag sign ng waiver BUT now is not the place and time...after ma convict si corona then let's go after the others. siya nakasalang ngayon eh tapos ipapasa sa iba...ano siya swerte. mangdadamay pa? hahaha

agree. kelangan ng precedent