Before former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo stepped down from her position, she hired chief justice Corona as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. It was days after the 2010 presidential election. It was under a Midnight appointment that is questioned by everybody especially those against her. He was impeached on Dec. of 2011. He was the third official to be impeached by the House of Representatives after Former President Joseph Estrada and Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez.
Committee on Justice chairman
Niel Tupas, Jr.
presented the impeachment complaint; after the presentation, only two
representatives asked for more questions, while an overwhelming majority
asked to sign the complaint. He said that there were no instructions
from the Palace to impeach Corona, nor was the
pork barrel
of representatives who did not sign would be held back, but he said
that he informed the president of their decision to impeach Corona, and
that the president supported it. The House of Representatives then voted
in session to endorse the complaint, getting 188 votes, well above the
one-third (95) of the members required by the constitution.
The Senate received the articles of impeachment on December 13. Tupas and
Reynaldo Umali delivered the articles of impeachment, with Tupas saying that the process was not railroaded.
Employees of the judiciary staged a court holiday on December 13 in support of Corona; this meant many courts were closed.
In a speech delivered in front of Supreme Court employees, Corona
branded Aquino as building a dictatorship, stated that he will not quit,
and that his conviction will result in Aquino controlling all three
branches of government
The Executive replied via Executive Secretary
Edwin Lacierda
that it not out to control all branches of government but wanted a
independent Supreme Court, told Corona to go on a leave on absence, and
that the impeachment is "not an attack on the judiciary. This is a case
of accountability against Chief Justice Corona." ...
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Renato_Corona).
...to be continued ...
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