CORONA FOUND GUILTY
The Senate impeachment court voted Tuesday to remove from office Chief Justice Renato Corona, with 20 senator-judges finding him guilty of betraying public trust and committing culpable violation of the Constitution.
At least two-thirds of the Senate membership or 16 votes are needed to convict Corona, while only eight votes to acquit him. Twenty-three senators, including Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, handed down their verdict Tuesday.
“The Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, having tried Renato C. Corona, Chief Justice of the supreme court, upon three articles of impeachment charged against him by the House of Representatives, by a guilty vote of 20 senators representing at least two-thirds of all members of the Senate, has found him guilty as charged under Article 2 of the said articles of impeachment. Now, therefore, be it adjudged, that Renato C. Corona is hereby convicted of the charge against him in Article 2 of the articles of impeachment. So ordered,” the Senate decision read.
With the majority vote, Corona can no longer appeal the decision of the tribunal. This is contrary to the statement of defense lead counsel Serafin Cuevas on Sunday that Corona’s camp is planning to bring the case to the Supreme Court if Corona is convicted.
The decision Tuesday all boiled down to the arguments presented by the defense and prosecution panels on Article 2 – Corona’s non-disclosure of his assets and net worth.
In Article 2, Corona was accused of deliberately concealing some properties and cash deposits in the statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) since his appointment as magistrate in 2002.
It was the center of the debate between the prosecution and the defense for months as both camps exchanged views whether non-disclosure of dollar accounts and commingled peso funds are enough to kick out an impeachable official such as High Court justices.
The 20 senator-judges who voted for Corona’s conviction are Edgardo Angara, Alan Peter Cayetano, Pia Cayetano, Franklin Drilon, Francis Escudero, Jinggoy Estrada, Teofisto Guingona III, Gregorio Honasan II, Panfilo Lacson, Manuel Lapid, Loren Legarda, Sergio Osmeña III, Francis Pangilinan, Aquilino Pimentel III, Ralph Recto, Ramon Revilla Jr., Antonio Trillanes IV, Manny Villar, Vicente Sotto III and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile.
Revilla cast the 16th vote in favor of the prosecution panel.
“In the end, I arrive with the conclusion that through his own direct admission, the Chief Justice failed to properly disclose all of his assets in his SALN. This, therefore, has necessary consequences that attach to the position he holds in trust,” Revilla said.
Those who found Corona not guilty were Joker Arroyo, Miriam Defensor Santiago, and Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2012/05/29/corona-found-guilty-224015
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