The Aftermath

The impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona brought about the reconciliation of the Basas and the Coronas.  Out of the 23 senators, twenty voted guilty, convicting and removing the Chief Justice out of office.  One might conclude that all's well that end well.  But neither the Supreme Court nor the former Chief Justice are over the hump.

Replacing Corona as Chief Justice is Maria Lourdes Sereno.  Her appointment by President Noynoy Aquino has raised some controversy.  She has been criticized in her first speech at the Supreme Court for invoking that it was God's will that made her Chief Justice. There are also concerns that she will not get the cooperation of the other Associate Justices as well as questions obout her psychological tests.

The former Chief Justice, on the other hand, is in more beating.  The BIR and the Department of Justice are filing tax evasion charges against Renato Corona, his daughter Carla and son-in-law Constantino.  

Out of the Woodwork

Coming out of the woodwork, Ana Basa and Sister Flory add to the woes of Chief Justice Renato Corona.  What has been a family squabble for three decades is turning into a sensational story that adds to serious misgivings on the character of the Chief Justice. 

Out  of the woodwork, Ana Basa talks about the family corporation Basa-Guidote Enerprises Inc. (BGEI) and how the Coronas deprived them of their participation in the company.  A follow thru by her Aunt, Sister Flory a ninety year old nun of the Franciscan order and now the darling of the press, roused staunch Corona sympathizer Mon Tulfo to withdraw his support of the beleaguered chief justice.

Questions have been asked by the Corona camp:   Why only now? 

Out of the woodwork is meant to criticize people who suddenly appear in public revealing their opinions when previously they did not make themselves known.  Does this hold with the family of Mrs. Corona coming out this late?  Perhaps the better idiom is “the cat is out of the bag.”

Or “throw in the towel?”

The Bankers and Corona

The Corona Impeachment Trial fever creeps on the population as bankers are summoned to testify to the court, much to the objections of the defense panel.  Opinions are divided.  

The prosecution has Conrado de Quiros rooting for the prosecution although he shows displeasure everytime his favored team commits a blunder.  Randy David takes on  the impeachment court and the court of public opinion and lately, young Patricia Evangelista's discourse on "the hero who waves from balconies and pumps his fist with the balloon-carrying crowds in the manner of a television evangelist."

A client wearing a "Corona SALN" shirt does business with this branch of the Bank of the Philippine Island.

On the side of Corona, Bel Cunanan tackles the prosecution with her blog Political Tidbits while Ninez Cacho Olivares seconds the motion of the Chief Justice for the president "to bare his psychological report for the public to be informed on his mental health."