Case vs Quezon City Rep. Jorge Banal and Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali
By Lilybeth G. Ison
The minority bloc of the House of Representatives is bent on filing ethics complaints against two of their colleagues for inquiring and turning over to the Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, copies of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona’s supposed bank records in violation of the Bank Secrecy Law .
Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano, in a press briefing on Wednesday, said they wanted the House ethics panel to probe Quezon City Rep. Jorge Banal and Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali for allegedly breaking Republic Act 1405 (The Bank Secrecy Law).
“We will just concentrate on Banal and Umali. Apparently, they violated the bank secrecy law by providing these fake documents in the impeachment proceedings. We will pursue and continue our investigation,” he said.
Albano said the House minority is just preparing the appropriate resolution, which they will file before the ethics committee in the coming days.
During Corona’s impeachment trial at the Senate, Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) Katipunan branch manager Annabelle Tiongson revealed that Banal approached her last Jan. 31 to ask for help to authenticate copies of Corona’s bank records.
Tiongson said Banal told her that he only wanted to verify these documents, which were recovered from his home’s driveway the night before he visited the bank.
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