Chief Justice Renato Corona Convicted Guilty

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In Inquirer's "Senate votes 20-3 to convict Corona," by Maila Ager May 29, 2012: (read full post here)

Only three voted to acquit Corona and they were Senators Joker Arroyo, Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Ferdinand “Bong-Bong” Marcos Jr.

“The Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, having tried Renato 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 the members of the Senate, has found him guilty of the charge under Article II of the said articles of impeachment,” said Enrile after he cast his ‘guilty’ vote for Corona.

“Now, therefore…Renato Corona is hereby convicted of the charge against him in Article II of the articles of impeachment, So ordered,” he added.



Enrile, who presides over the trial, then directed the Senate Secretary acting as clerk of court to provide a certified copy of the judgment to the respondent and his counsels, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court and to President Benigno Aquino III.

Aside from Enrile, the 19 senators who rendered a ‘guilty’ verdict for Corona were the following:

Senator Edgardo Angara
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano
Senator Pia Cayetano
Senator Franklin Drilon
Senate Pro Tempore Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero
Senator Teofisto Guingona III
Senator Gregorio Honasan II
Senator Panfilo Lacson
Senator Manuel Lapid
Senator Loren Legarda
Senator Sergio Osmeña III
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III
Senator Ralph Recto
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.
Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV
Senate Manuel Villar

According to Inquirer' Biz Buzz "Solomonic decision," by Daxim Lucas, May 28, 2012:
Resuming the campaign

With the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona winding down, expect the heat to be turned up again on businessman Roberto Ongpin and some former officials of the Development Bank of the Philippines over the supposed “behest” loan granted by the latter to the former.

According to our sources, the present board of DBP has made a fresh attempt at getting Malacañang to join the soon-to-resume offensive against Ongpin and former DBP officials. Their goal, we’re told, is to get President Aquino to throw his full weight behind their long-running effort to pin down the businessman.

One reason for this, we hear, is that the present bank officials have been hard-pressed to show solid results on the legal front, to date.

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The decision did not mean that he indeed stole riches from the country's coffers. 

Did he really forge his statements to hide anomalies? Was he really for GMA after all? Or did the Senate convict an official who may have failed to declare his assets but was not guilty of any bribery or misuse of public funds? Was it really a trial by publicity? Did the Supreme Court ruled subjectively over issues like the Vizconde Massacre and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's TRO? What is really the truth behind the impeachment trial?

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