Why Is Renato Corona Not Taking Leave of Absence?
by PDI
Chief Justice Renato Corona should have taken a leave of absence to save the Supreme Court from a “cloud of doubt”, the prosecution in his impeachment trial said Wednesday.
“The right time for him [to take a leave of absence] was January 16 when the matter was filed before the senate impeachment court … in order to save the Supreme Court so that there won’t be any doubt in [its] actions,” Marikina Representative Romero Quimbo said in a press briefing.
Quimbo added that he should have taken a leave of absence as early as Dec. 12, 2011, when the House of Representatives impeached Corona.