The Year 2012
A dark legend in Ateneo
You can’t help but be Atenean,” Chief Justice Renato Corona says, as the self-professed UAAP fan reflects on the impact his Ateneo education has had on his life.
“I’m actually a Jesuit at heart,” he kids, yet the lightness of the moment fails to mask the truth behind those words. The new Chief Justice is as Atenean as Atenean could get. From The Guidon
"Crime Does Not Pay!"
"Wrong never found a refuge in the Corona Court?"
First Filipino Chief Justice Impeached
In the impeachment complaint, Corona is being accused of the following wrongdoings:
- partiality and subservience in cases involving the Arroyo administration;
- failure to disclose to the public his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN);
- issuance of flip-flopping decisions in final and executory cases;
- issuance of the “status quo ante” order against the House of Representatives in the case concerning the impeachment of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez;
- decision in favor of gerrymandering in the cases involving 16 newly-created cities, and the promotion of Dinagat Island into a province;
- granting temporary restraining order in favor of former President Arroyo; and
- failure and refusal to account for the Judicial Development Fund (JDF) and special allowance for the judiciary collections
Corona was no Teehankee!
Claudio Teehankee distinguished himself when he upheld the rights of the people even during the height of the martial law period.
Teehankee often dissented from the majority opinion of his
colleagues in the court, accusing Marcos and the military of human right abuses.
He authored the opinion questioning the jurisdiction of military commissions over civilians, such as the one that tried former Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr.
In his role as "great dissenter," Teehankee was called the "conscience of the Supreme Court." When he became a senior member of the Senior Court, Teehankee was twice bypassed for the position of Chief Justice, violating the protocol that the most senior of the justices be named to head it.
Teehankee often dissented from the majority opinion of his
colleagues in the court, accusing Marcos and the military of human right abuses.
He authored the opinion questioning the jurisdiction of military commissions over civilians, such as the one that tried former Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr.
In his role as "great dissenter," Teehankee was called the "conscience of the Supreme Court." When he became a senior member of the Senior Court, Teehankee was twice bypassed for the position of Chief Justice, violating the protocol that the most senior of the justices be named to head it.
Renato Corona served as the Presidential Legal Counsel and Deputy Executive Secretary to President Fidel Ramos. In 1998, he became the chief of staff and spokesperson of then Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. When Arroyo assumed (grabbed???) the presidency in 2001, Corona became the Presidential Chief of Staff.
On December 12, 2011, 188 members of the House of Representatives signed an impeachment complaint against Corona.[2] As only 95 signatures were necessary for the impeachment of Corona by the House of Representatives under the Constitution[3], the impeachment complaint was to be transmitted to the Senate for trial.[4] From Wikipedia
On December 12, 2011, 188 members of the House of Representatives signed an impeachment complaint against Corona.[2] As only 95 signatures were necessary for the impeachment of Corona by the House of Representatives under the Constitution[3], the impeachment complaint was to be transmitted to the Senate for trial.[4] From Wikipedia
Corona/Marcos: The Defenders Of Democracy
Safeguard our democracy -- S4S
"This administration must be reminded that all authority of government emanates from the people and that its sovereign will must be respected and must prevail at all times.
"Let it be known to all and sundry that all members, supporters, sympathizers and advocates of the S4S be it religious or priest, military, youth, OFW (overseas Filipino worker), farmer, worker, urban poor, professional, etc. -- have agreed that it is time to stand up against the creeping dictatorship of this administration," the statement read.
S4S also stressed that the Constitution "has enshrined the checks and balances within government through the co-equality of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government."
