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    Prosecution: Impeach trial all about Corona’s character

    The historic impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona will be a test of the chief magistrate’s character and moral fitness to lead the Supreme Court (SC), the House prosecution team said Monday.   During his opening statement at the Senate trial, lead prosecutor Niel Tupas Jr. said the 23 senator-judges should ultimately look at Corona’s character in deciding the outcome of the impeachment case.   “Pagkatao po ang pinag-uusapan natin dito… The prosecution will show that Corona is the crowning glory of a cast of accomplices of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,” Tupas said before the impeachment court.   Tupas also called Corona a “loyal servant” of Mrs. Arroyo, who appointed him to as high court chief magistrate. He pointed out how Corona once served as the former President’s chief of staff, spokesperson and executive secretary.   He likewise said that the House impeached Corona as a part of its mandate to hold high-ranking public officials accountable for their actions.   “This impeachment is the verdict of the House of Representatives. We took the first step towards the fulfillment of our oath to be the keeper of the trust of the people,” he said.   A total of 188 lawmakers agreed last month to impeach Corona for betrayal of public trust, culpable violation of the Constitution and graft and corruption. Thirteen more congressmen expressed on Sunday their intention to support the impeachment case against the chief justice. — RSJ, GMA News

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    • junriv  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  4 months ago
      somebody who has the temerity to still be there at this time speaks of his character--- why does he hold on to the position like a gecko?
      • TAONG BAYAN 4 months ago
        ... to save his master until death.
    • Et tu Brutus  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  4 months ago
      No matter how hard Corona will try to prove he has independent judgement regarding the Arroyos, people will be doubtful. Arroyo and Corona's relationship began when they were still members of the Ateneo faculty. When Arroyo entered politics, she yanked out Corona from the groves of academe to be her adviser personally and officially. It is not hard to conjecture that she sought his advices in legal matters and palusot sa batas.
      • Shai Reyes 4 months ago
        Et tu Corona. You betrayed the Pilipino people. Mas malinaw pa sa tubig ang pag betrayed mo sa ating Saligang Batas. Resigned and be the lawyer now for the Arroyo family, ito pa ang the best na magagawa mo sa pinag kakautangan mo ng loob.
      • TAONG BAYAN 4 months ago
        TAMA!
      • Juan carlos 3 months ago
        So there you go, now one of our friend Et tu has just explained to us that corona and gloria were schoolmates and members of the Ateneo faculty before. If you were in the school today what do you think is your attitude,character,or relationships towards your classmates? Diba paminsan parang magkakapatid nalang kayo na walang iwanan, sama sama kahit saan. Doon pa sa bahay ng classmates natutulog at iba pa? So in gloria and coronas case diba kinuha ni gloria si corona para maging chief of staff at nilagay pa sa ibat ibang position hanggang sa ginawang chief justice? Shame on both gloria and corona for conniving in doing palusot sa batas? Nakakahiya talaga. Palibhasa makapal na rin talaga ang mukha nitong si corona kagaya lang kina mike at gloria. Puro deny,deny,deny. Kawawa lang talaga ang taong bayan.
    • bons  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  4 months ago
      syempre my humabol pang13 tongressman para sa pork barrel.
      • TAONG BAYAN 4 months ago
        Don't be so mean!
      • Miguel 3 months ago
        Siyempre sa wakas nakita nila ang katotohanan na si Corona pala ay corrupt, at dapat ngang i-impeach. Yun lang po, yung pork barrel ay kahit na sumali o hindi naman ay entitled naman sila kahit hindi sumama sa prosecution.
    • Joe Sun  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  4 months ago
      The time of reckoning has come, the past of any man is his/her history. No one can erase that records of his/her history especially if one is a government official of whom the trust of the people must reside. The question is .Are they worthy of that public trust? or they used their positions in the Government for their own vested interest? If they are not worthy of that Trust do they have to cling to the position they now occupy? In this historic case it is the person that is in trial not the INSTITUTION as they want to project. Our Institutions has a sacred place in the Constitution, those Government Officials who used their position for personal Agenda are making a disservice to these Institution and thus destroying the trust and confidence of the people .
    • Amanda Troy  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  4 months ago
      It's not just character, its FACE value too. Can you trust someone looking like that? :)
    • Paul  •  4 months ago
      Ano naman ang character ni Tupaz. Ang tatay governor, ang brother-in-law vice governor, ang mga kapatid mayor o councilor. Lahat na lang na posisyon na pagkaperahan kinukuha
      • Greg 3 months ago
        Alam mo ba na kahit na si Cain at Abel ay magkaiba ng ugali. Ito na ang pagkakataon ni Corona na ipakita sa sambayanang Pilipino na di totoo ang bintang sa kanya. Bakit di na lang natin hayaan na linisin ni corona ang kanyang pangalan, nagtatanong lang po.
      • Moon 24 days ago
        Happy, dapat lahat ng empleyado sa Supreme Court bagohin din..Paalisin sila kasama si Corona
    • EfrenM  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      If the House of Representative was mandated to make High-ranking officials accountable for their actions then there's nothing wrong with that, but I believed unahin nyo muna mga sarili nyo
      (mga tongressmen) are you not high-ranking officials???? Nakakahiya kayo!!! mas maraming pang mga kababalaghang nangyayari sa congress kaysa supreme court... dapat first step ng House is to bring back the people trust sa mga tongressmen.
    • SDC  •  Quezon City, National Capital Region  •  4 months ago
      For the senator judges who keep their silence while both camps, including the chair were bombarding each other, may God protect your senses so that on the day of voting, you will exercise your right to vote with full of guidance from the Holy Spirit. For us, new born Roman Catholics, a genuine peace is the product of a collective efforts from people who have Moral Values...what can you say ACCRA boys, Marcos users or operators and new crop of politicians who are pretending to be showbiz personalities???
    • Third  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  4 months ago
      Hindi lang ang Chief Justice ang on trial sa impeachment case na ito kundi lahat ng mga naglilingkod sa bayan. Yung ibang inaakusa kay Corona guilty din ang mismong mga prosecutors. Magsubmit kayo ng SALN ninyo. Mga Pariseo kayo On trial din ang sambayanang Pilipino, makikita dito kung mature na tayo sa ating demokrasya.
    • seth corneo  •  4 months ago
      Sana yung mga against sa impeachment ay manahimik na lang. Para sa akin ang impeachment ay good for our democracy. Ito rin ang tamang proseso para maipagtanggol ni Corona ang kanyang sarili. And to those who hate Tupaz medyo dahan dahan lang nang banat dahil kung titingnan mo 188 congressmen at meron pang 13 na nangako ng suporta sa impeachment. So nakakarami ang talagang gusto nang alisin si Corona. Well, kung pagbabasehan ang pagkaluklok sa kanya sa pwesto eh talagang may pagdududa sa kanya. Di ba illegal ang appointment niya?
    • Alfredo  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  4 months ago
      Sana ang impeachment hindi venue para lalong maging sikat itong mga tongressman, senatong, ehe-kuto-vo, at mga just-tiis. What we need right now is MORAL REVOLUTION and the Department of Education must be the lead agency para mabago yong mga pananaw ng mga magiging leader sa hinaharap. Kaya lang and DepEd may moral ascendancy kaya? What we need aside from MORAL REVOLUTION is DELIKADEZA and TAKOT SA DIYOS. Yong mag politikong parating nasa unahan kasi ng upuan ng ating mga bahay sambahan mukhang di na takot sa diyos... He he he.. mantakin mo lakas loob sa harap pa ng altar umuupo? ang buhay nga naman. Kung ang mga POLITIKO AY MAY TAKOT SA DIYOS "DI YAN GAGAWA NG MASAMA". Tingnan nyo sa bansang Hapon, kapag binatikos mo ang public servant, hindi mo na kinakailangan pang ipa-impeach, kusang nagreresign yan, o di kaya baka MAG HARA-KIRI pa. Sana gawin din ng simbahan ang role nila na turuan ang tao na magkoroon ng takot sa Diyos... sabi ko nga ang takot kay LORD di gagawa ng BAD. Kaya lang eto ulit ang problem? Does our priest and pastors has MORAL ASCENDANCY to do so? Panginoong mahabagin, PLEASE HELP THE PHILIPPINES
    • Ricardo  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  4 months ago
      Now we have again a good past time for merons... the impeachment which makes everybody feels like lawyers and makabayan. Meanwhile things to be done remains undone by those in government and us. With this kind of thinking...good luck to us.Whatever happens, we deserve it anyway.
    • AUGUST C. FERNANDO  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  4 months ago
      Impeachment is about Corona's character and moral fitness? He got those?!?
    • TAONG BAYAN  •  4 months ago
      Now it can be told. "The secret of Success is on Doing as if the Whole World is Watching."
    • ramir  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  4 months ago
      pare parehas lang nman yang mga politiko kc pre prehas na pilipino. walang malasakit sa bayan. puro mga kurakot lang mga alam. wala kunsensya.....pag ngpakamatay nga absuwelto na iililibing kpa sa mga bayani... stupid....
    • rolly  •  Bangkok, Thailand  •  4 months ago
      during election campaign, Pnoy said "kapag walang kurakot, walang mahirap". ahhhhhh cguro mayaman na ang mga tao sa pinas ngayon. :-))
    • Shai Reyes  •  4 months ago
      Ang mga pinuno ng bawat gobyerno tulad sa Executive (President), Legislative (both Cong. and Senate), and Judiciary (Chief Justice) ay dapat yong ni rerespeto ng taong bayan! Yong may Moral and integrity at kapag ito ay nawala sa isang head ng ating government, maging ito ay totoo o hindi pag nawala na ang paniniwala ng maraming tao, dapat dito ay nag bibitiw na ng katungkulan at hindi yong kapit tuko pa rin sa pwesto, ito ang kalakaran sa boong mundo ngayon. Yong may moral and integrity ang bawat leaders.
      Let presume na mali ang congress na i-impeach si Corona, pero ang daming tao, lalo na ang Congress na ibinoto ng mga tao ay walang tiwala ki CJ Corona, dapat lang na si CJ Corona ay mag bitiw na nang kanyang katungkulan. Dahil siya ang nag papadumi ng imahi ng Jusctice system sa atin. Yong argumentation ni CJ Corona at ng mga legal team niya na dapat protectahan ang justice system sa atin ay totoo at agree ako sa reasoning na ito. Pero maraming Pilipino na ang ayaw sa kanya at wala nang tiwala sa kanya kaya it's time for him to resign and leave the the Supreme Court.
    • Florenda  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  4 months ago
      Tupas,pagmagsalita ka parang ang linis ang Pagkatao mo, ah. sana ikaw na ang isunod na paimbistigahan.
    • 33445566  •  4 months ago
      MANALO MAN SI CORONA?VERY SLIGHT ANG CHANCE!PURO SIPSIP ANG KAHARAP NYA!NANDYAN PA ANG SENADO KUNWARI MGA JUDGE!ANO ALAM?MGA PRODUKTO NG BOTO NA WALANG KWENTA.YAN SI TUPAS MAY AMBITION DIN YAN,MAGPASAHOD NG TAONG BAYAN FOR HIS LIFE,IN EXCHANGE SA PANGGUGULO!HINDI NGA NYA NAPALAGO ANG SARILY NYANG BAYAN!NAG IINGAN SA IBANG LUGAR!HOY!TSOY WAG KA GANYAN! MAHIHIYA KA NAMANG ILONGO KA!
    • Odombo  •  4 months ago
      “This impeachment is the verdict of the House of Representatives.” Prosecutor Tupak said.

      INCOMPLETE STATEMENT MR. TUPAK!!

      YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID:

      The House of Representatives adheres to its commitment to serve the king - Pnoy the Abnoy!

      We all swore in to serve him at all costs with absolute loyalty beyond reproach!!

      The hell with righteous actions and to our individual dignity!!

      The fulfillment of Pnoy’s vengeance is our utmost priority!

      LONG LIVE PNOY!! - OUR KING!!!

      Always at your service -
      Congressman Tupak & Cohorts
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