Impeachment prosecutor Bagao’s legal notes
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.
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Remove that crown of thorns
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.
Why is Senate jurisdiction over CJ impeachment legally impossible?
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.
Should we let it be?
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.”
Prosecution’s reply to Corona’s answer
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.
Corona’s answer to impeachment complaint
FULL text of Chief Justice Renato Corona's answer to the impeachment complaint transmitted by the House of Representatives to the Senate.
Bottomline for Trillanes
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.”
Anything but the evidence
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.
De Lima on Corona: A walking constitutional violation
JUSTICE Secretary Leila de Lima's statement reacting to Chief Justice Renato Corona's speech calling President Aquino a dictator.
Corona won’t do a Gutierrez
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
CHIEF Justice Renato Corona has nixed calls for him to just resign and spare the country from an emotional and divisive exercise.
He has, in fact, decided to fight back warning of a creeping dictatorship by President Aquino.