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.
LAWYER Alan F. Paguia, former professor of Law at the Ateneo Law School cites why Senate jurisdiction over the impeachment of Chief Justice Renato C. Corona is legally impossible.
By JOEL BUTUYAN, Roque & Butuyan Law Offices
I FINALLY had time to sit down and write the percolating thoughts in my mind as I read and watch the impeachment drama. This debate has brought our nation at a crossroads. Which of the two roads should our nation take? The road to impeachment or the road where every person you meet is karaoke-singing the song “Let It Be.”
FULL text of the House prosecutors' reply to Chief Justice Renato Corona's answer to the impeachment complaint transmitted by the House of Representatives to the Senate.
FULL text of Chief Justice Renato Corona's answer to the impeachment complaint transmitted by the House of Representatives to the Senate.
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
Expect Senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV to call a spade a spade.
In his speech at a forum held at the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance, Diliman last week, Trillanes said, “… the over-arching policy issue in this whole impeachment episode is, whether the conviction or acquittal of Chief Justice Renato Corona would be good for our country.”
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
I THINK President Aquino will have the numbers to convict Supreme Court Justice Renato Corona regardless of whether the prosecution will be able to support the charges they enumerated in the impeachment complaint.
