Renato Corona is impeached
Senate votes to convict Chief Justice
FINAL SCORE, 20-3: Twenty senator-judges voted to impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. Only sixteen votes were necessary to impeach the latter from office (two-thirds vote of all Senator). Corona becomes the first Philippine official to be impeached.
With this conviction, senator-judges will no longer vote on Articles III and VII. Instead, they will do a resolution informing Corona of the court’s decision. The impeached chief justice is said to be recuperating in the Medical City in Pasig. It remains unclear when Corona will have to vacate his post.
The Senate secretary will inform the following through writing of the court’s verdict:
1. Respondent (the camp of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona)
2. Office of the House Speaker
3. Supreme Court
4. Office of the President
5. Judicial and Bar Council
Guilty
Angara, Edgardo
Cayetano, Alan Peter
Cayetano, Pilar Juliana
Drilon, Franklin
Escudero, Francis
Estrada, Jinggoy
Guingona, TG
Honasan, Gregorio
Lacson, Panfilo
Lapid, Lito
Legarda, Loren
Osmena, Sergio III
Pangilinan, Francis
Pimentel, Aquilino III
Recto, Ralph
Revilla, Ramon B.
Sotto, Vicente III
Trillanes, Antonio IV
Villar, Manuel Jr.
Enrile, Juan Ponce
Not Guilty
Arroyo, Joker
Defensor-Santiago, Miriam
Marcos, Bong-Bong
About Author
It’s already 14-3 in favor of removal. Certainly Recto and Trillanes would vote for removal. The Senate has more or less decided and Corona is found guilty.
THIS IMPEACHMENT IS PURELY POLITICAL!
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