Examine Travel History of Renato Corona

By Lilybeth G. Ison

The House of Representatives’ prosecution panel on Sunday said it will present in next week’s impeachment trial at the Senate witnesses and documentary evidence, particularly the travel records of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona and wife Cristina, to prove one of their allegations in Article 3 of the impeachment case filed against the chief magistrate.

Prosecution said they will prove that the Corona couple “accepted special privileges” from the management of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) while cases involving the country’s flag carrier are still pending with the Supreme Court.

Article 3 of the Impeachment accuses the chief justice of culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust for his alleged “failure to meet and observe the stringent standards of the Constitution that a member of the Judiciary must be a person of proven competence, integrity, probity and independence in allowing the Supreme Court to act on mere letters filed by a counsel which caused the issuance of flip-flopping decisions in final and executory cases,” among others.

Congressmen-prosecutors cited a recent resolution of the High Tribunal recalling its earlier final decision on the illegal retrenchment case filed by the Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines (FASAP) against PAL allegedly “by acting on a mere letter from the air carrier’s lawyer Estelito Mendoza.”

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