Corona: Supreme Court of the United States
Issues:
1. SALN
2. Which of the two court is superior in the impeachment case the Supreme Court or the Impeachment Court
3. Cold Neutrality of Impartial Judges
Facts:
First and foremost regarding the SALN of Chief Justice Corona the prosecution claims that CJ Corona has 45 properties. However they were able to present only 21 properties which in his account named after him and his family. According to a key member of the President Aquino’s Cabinet the government has evidence to prove that Chief Justice Renato Corona has ill-gotten wealth that could not have been acquired with his salary in the judiciary, and the evidence would be presented by the House prosecution team in the impeachment trial. Followed by the Presidential adviser on political affairs Ronald Llamas saying that “The House prosecution panel obtained documents that would show that Corona may have amassed ill-gotten wealth, including at least four multimillion-peso real estate properties,” . Meanwhile Corona says “Many of those in the list are not ours. They are owned by people I don’t even know; some by parents of our children-in-law,”. Still the House prosecution panel will ask the Senate impeachment court to subpoena Corona’s statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) for 2010. The prosecution is saying that “They are refusing to release the SALN despite our repeated appeal. We have no option but to ask the impeachment court to subpoena it during the trial,” . IBP reacts on the release of the SALN saying that the prosecution’s matching Corona’s income tax returns (ITRs) with his statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) has not established prima facie presumption of guilt to warrant Corona’s conviction. Emphasizing also that 1379, or the law stipulating the handling of properties found to have been unlawfully acquired by public officers or employees. The lawyers’ group said RA 1379 states that prima facie guilt can be established “only if
1. SALN
2. Which of the two court is superior in the impeachment case the Supreme Court or the Impeachment Court
3. Cold Neutrality of Impartial Judges
Facts:
First and foremost regarding the SALN of Chief Justice Corona the prosecution claims that CJ Corona has 45 properties. However they were able to present only 21 properties which in his account named after him and his family. According to a key member of the President Aquino’s Cabinet the government has evidence to prove that Chief Justice Renato Corona has ill-gotten wealth that could not have been acquired with his salary in the judiciary, and the evidence would be presented by the House prosecution team in the impeachment trial. Followed by the Presidential adviser on political affairs Ronald Llamas saying that “The House prosecution panel obtained documents that would show that Corona may have amassed ill-gotten wealth, including at least four multimillion-peso real estate properties,” . Meanwhile Corona says “Many of those in the list are not ours. They are owned by people I don’t even know; some by parents of our children-in-law,”. Still the House prosecution panel will ask the Senate impeachment court to subpoena Corona’s statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) for 2010. The prosecution is saying that “They are refusing to release the SALN despite our repeated appeal. We have no option but to ask the impeachment court to subpoena it during the trial,” . IBP reacts on the release of the SALN saying that the prosecution’s matching Corona’s income tax returns (ITRs) with his statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) has not established prima facie presumption of guilt to warrant Corona’s conviction. Emphasizing also that 1379, or the law stipulating the handling of properties found to have been unlawfully acquired by public officers or employees. The lawyers’ group said RA 1379 states that prima facie guilt can be established “only if
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