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BY AMADO P. MACASAET MALAYA ‘There is clear wisdom in picking one who is already in the Court. It need not necessarily be Carpio. He is not salivating for it.’ Whoever forced, coerced or threatened former Chief Justice Reynato to retire – not really retire but resign — before he reached 70 years in May 2010? The effect of this act as the rape of Read More …
By JJ Domingo International Business Times “I know the legal justifications for your appointment, but what’s the moral justification?” This was my question to Renato C. Corona, the most controversial Chief Justice the Philippines ever had, during a dinner-meeting with several bloggers at his Supreme Court office in Manila last Wednesday. The said meeting was organized by Noemi Lardizabal-Dado, editor of Blogwatch. Reuters Philippine Supreme Court Justice Read More …
BY AMADO P. MACASAET MALAYA ‘Delicadeza should have prevailed on Renato Corona to reject the appointment.’ IN junking the midnight appointments of President Carlos P. Garcia, the Supreme Court ruled “when a nation embarks on electing its leadership, our Constitution, laws, judicial and historical precedents all emphasize that incumbents must be barred from abusing their powers to give themselves or their partisans undue advantage, thwart Read More …
BY DUCKY PAREDES MALAYA ‘Impeach the Chief Justice? If we do not … let us forget about pretending that this country will change and will henceforth hew to the straight and narrow path.’ “DELICADEZA,” the lack of it, is the main sin of Chief Justice Renato Corona. When a person is offered a job during the time that the appointing power is forbidden by the Read More …
BY AMADO P. MACASAET MALAYA ‘If Puno had retired even before the ban, a vacancy would have been created. It could have been filled by the incoming president.’ THERE would have been no dispute over what is now described as the illegal appointment of Renato Corona as Chief Justice if then head magistrate Reynato Puno had not retired before he reached the age of 70. Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz Emboldened by the people’s high approval and trust ratings of him, President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III struck at the Supreme Court (SC) at the 1st National Criminal Justice Summit held at the Manila Hotel last December 5, 2011. In his address to a stunned audience, with Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona seated just a few feet away, P-Noy recited a Read More …
PerryScope by Perry Diaz “Corona’s Thorny Crown” was first published on May 18, 2010, the day after Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona was sworn into office by then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. In light of demands by various civil, political, and media groups for Corona to inhibit himself in cases involving Gloria, “Corona’s Thorny Crown” is republished to share my insight on what a “Coronarroyo Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz If not for Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila de Lima’s insistence to see the official Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) from the Supreme Court issued on November 15, 2011, ex-president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo could have been relaxing at Costa del Sol in Spain or skiing in the Swiss Alps right now. And if De Lima took the word of Supreme Court Read More …
Source: The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Franklin Drilon today urged Chief Justice Renato Corona to inhibit from cases involving his former boss, former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. “Corona was the chief of staff of former President Arroyo. The Chief Justice was a midnight appointee of President Arroyo, which created a lot of controversy. This act of Gloria favored the Chief Read More …
To Take A Stand By Oscar P. Lagman, Jr. Business World “I have been ultra-patient, ultra-forgiving, and I think ultra-Christian in the way I have conducted myself,” said Renato Corona on the occasion of the first anniversary of his assumption of the position of chief justice of the Supreme Court. He was referring to the public snub he got at the inauguration of President Benigno Read More …