Corona impeachment trial on

The House of Representatives got more than one-third of the votes to move for the ouster of Chief Justice Renato Corona without having to go to the plenary session for either rejection or adoption. 


There were three articles and eight articles of impeachment cited in the impeachment of Corona:

1.) Betrayal of public trust due to subservience to Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during her presidency, from the time of his appointment as Supreme Court justice to his midnight appointment as Chief Justice. Examples are his partiality in the Megapacific contract decision, Fernando Poe Jr. case, the Lambino versus Comelec case (people’s initiative), David v Arroyo and Neri v Senate (executive privilege.

2.) Culpable violation of the constitution for non-disclosure of the statement of assets, liabilities and net worth.

3.) Undue closeness to Macapagal-Arroyo as shown by the appointment of the Chief Justice’s wife to a seat in the Bases Conversion and Development Authority.

4.)  Betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution when he issued a status quo order ante that had suspended the hearings of the House justice committee on the impeachment case against previous Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez.

5.)  Voting on the cityhood cases and the creation of the province of Dinagat

6.) Creation of the ethics committee to look into the plagiarism case against SC Justice Mariano del Castillo, which resulted in clearing Del Castillo of any liability.

7.) Temporary restraining order on the travel ban on Mrs. Arroyo.

8.) Refusal to account for judicial development funds, special allowances and other court collections.

However, as ABS-CBN news reports according to Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, the Corona impeachment would likely begin on 2012 as the Senate would go on a break on Thursday and resume a month after. 

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