Archive - The Corona Trial

OPENING statement of Chief Justice Renato Corona's defense team, read by lawyer Eduardo De Los Angeles.

OPENING statement of the House prosecution panel read by the lead prosecutor, Iloilo Rep. Niel C. Tupas Jr.

SENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile's opening statement at the start of Chief Justice Renato Corona's impeachment trial on Jan. 16.

Illustration by Vincent Go
THE jury is still out on who did a better job at making a good first impression with their preliminary statements at the opening of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Was it the prosecution headed by Iloilo congressman Niel Tupas or the Defense represented by veteran legal luminaries Justice Serafin Cuevas and law school dean Eduardo delos Angeles?

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
AFTER one-and-a-half years in office, President Aquino finally decided to move for the ouster of Corona. I don’t believe that the Supreme Court decision on Hacienda Luisita was the trigger in Aquino’s decision move against Corona, who is a known ally of Gloria Arroyo. It had something to do with the electoral sabotage case of Arroyo, which is the basis for her "confinement."

VIDEO roundup of the first day of Chief Justice Renato C. Corona's impeachment trial by the Senate serving as impeachment court. All videos were posted by ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) on YouTube. Not available was defense counsel Eduardo de los Angeles' opening statement.

SEN. Pia Cayetano explains the role of the Senate in the impeachment trial and, more important, the role of citizens: To support the process set out by the Constitution, Be patient but vigilantly observe the process, and be critical but fair in analyzing the trial.

IN his 10 years in the executive branch, before then President Gloria Arroyo named him in 2002 the 150th justice of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Secretary Renato C. Corona had declared a net worth ranging from P13,968,000 to P14,968,000, or an average of P14.6 million.

THE organization of former senior government officials who opposed former President Gloria Arroyo said Chief Justice Renato Corona must go on leave while the impeachment trial is going on.

By VERA FILES
ON January 16, 2012, Renato C. Corona, the country’s 23rd Chief Justice and the first ever impeached in the country's history, will go on trial before the Senate. VERA Files has collated frequently asked questions about Corona’s impeachment to help the public understand what happened in the House of Representatives and will happen in the Senate.

AKBAYAN party-list Rep. Arlene "Kaka" Bag-ao and one of the impeachment prosecutors shares her legal notes on why Supreme Court Chief Justice Corona betrayed the trust reposed in him by the Filipino people.

By JOEL ROCAMORA, Secretary, National Anti-Poverty Commission
THE language of the Corona impeachment is, of necessity, legal. The senators who sit in judgment will do their best to couch their opinions in legalese. Media commentators will try to catch up. But everyone knows that, in the end, it’s all about power and politics.