The House prosecution on Wednesday dropped three charges under Article III of the Articles of Impeachment against Chief Justice Renato Corona.
During Wednesday's trial, the prosecution said they would no longer present evidence on paragraphs 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 of Article III. These paragraphs read as follows: 3.4. Respondent further compromised his independence when his wife, Cristina Corona, accepted an appointment on March 23, 2007 from Mrs. Gloria Arroyo to the Board of the John Hay Management Corporation (JHMC). The JHMC is a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation of the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA), a government-owned-and-controlled corporation created under Republic Act No. 7227.
3.5. In addition, Respondent Corona failed to maintain high standards of judicial conduct in connection with the Vizconde massacre case, in the process, casted doubt upon the integrity of the Supreme Court itself. 3.6. Respondent Corona with undue haste, impropriety and irregularity, dismissed the inter-petal recreational corporation case under suspicious circumstances.Article III accused Corona of having “committed culpable violations of the Constitution and betrayed the public trust by failing to meet and observe the stringent standards… of the Constitution…” — Kimberly Tan/VS, GMA News
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