Bank Deposits of Renato Corona Are Genuine

Posted by Maribojoc Bohol on February 14th, 2012 in World News

By Lilybeth G. Ison

The House of Representatives’ prosecution panel said on Tuesday although they cannot vouch on the authenticity of the bank documents involving Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona with the Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) when they requested the Senate, sitting as the impeachment court, for subpoena, they insist that the bank information on the chief magistrate is genuine.

“We need to establish a very important point here — there’s no attempt on the part of the prosecution to mislead the impeachment court and the public. If you read our supplemental motion on our request for subpoena for the bank records, we even say with great caution that we cannot vouch for the authenticity of the documents…,” said panel spokesman Marikina City Rep. Romero Federico “Miro” Quimbo.

From the very beginning, Quimbo explained, House prosecutors have been transparent and forthright in the supplemental motion for subpoena they filed with the Senate impeachment tribunal on Feb. 3, 2012 in connection with the chief justice’s alleged several secret bank accounts.

Quimbo said the existence of Corona’s bank accounts was confirmed by no less than PSBank president Pascual Garcia III and bank manager Annabelle Tiongson of PSBank Katipunan Branch in Quezon City when both testified during the trial.

Both bank officials testified that Corona kept almost P20 million in two accounts alone with the PSBank as of Dec. 31, 2010. The chief justice only declared cash worth P3.5 million in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) for the same year.

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