Chief Justice Renato Corona Trial

Personally the integrity of the chief justice is already questionable from the very start. It's clear that the appointment of CJ Corona is a midnight appointment and is not allowed but despite all the noise, he still accepted the appointment. He can't really expect the current president to just ignore his presence given the power that the supreme court has. To me, the mere fact that his appointment is illegal is already sufficient ground for his impeachment. whether he lied in his SALN or not, or where he got those millions in so short a time is irrelevant because it's common knowledge that a lot of public officials don't disclose all their properties in their SALN. The prosecution should not focus on Corona's SALN or anywhere else but his being a midnight appointee.

I don't really care about this trial anymore because whenever I watch the trial I just see people doing nonsense especially the lead of the Defense panel. And this trial wasted so much time that is supposed to be used for MORE MEANINGFUL stuff, like writing bills for innovation and development. Our country is starting to be left behind when it comes to technology and development. Look at our neighboring countries Singapore, China and Japan. They have sufficient technology and development that strengthens their economy, which prevents their people from suffering poverty. The Philippine government is all about exterminating corruption for the betterment of the people. But in reality it even makes things worse. They're too much focused against corruption that they forgot Human Welfare. They forgot that people need to work in order to live, and to live they must have sufficient education and available job opportunities - which is currently lacking in our country's state. Moreover, the people, rather than giving aid to our president, they make rallies and protests regarding their dissatisfaction of the administration's performance. We're not acting as a country. Never was. Not even the People Power proves this.

So many questions that linger in this issue and so far CJ is gaining an edge by getting the best lawyers this country have. Having a former CJ as his lawyer is a big factor already and we could see that the prosecution even have had a hard time presenting their case when the Defense lawyers try to block them. I really am still undecided over the case for now. But I think if CJ would be convicted I would be happy that Justice can still be served to those even when they are seated there already. If he would be freed from this case then the question is if Justice is really for those that are empowered and moneyed people only. I hope that it would not be the case here. I really think he is guilty of something but to prove it using our current procedures makes it difficult to prove.

in my opinion, the whole thing is an off shoot from the previous administration, if the past president did not make midnight appointments before she left office, then none of these things would have happened, I think it's the root cause of everything that pissed off the present administration

For me, the decision making should come from Senator Judges not from any survey because it affects the quality of judgement and it doesn't really helps besides surveys making things complicated.

The defense team for CJ Corona are still in the initial process of presenting their counter evidences to prove how CJ Corona accumulated his wealth. I think we have to give them the right to present their side of the story since we also the allowed the prosecution panel to do so. I don't think there will be a constitutional crisis because both the senate and the supreme court are respecting each others rights. We don't really know at this point in time what the outcome of the impeachment will be. If Corona is convicted, the president will be appointing his own candidate for the position of chief justice and that would be a big question mark. We will lose the check and balance among the 3 branches of government. Everything will be under the executive power. Regarding the Survey, it was held right after the prosecution has presented their evidences in court. Public opinion was swayed in their favor because of the supposedly 45 assets the Coronas owned which in fact was only about 5 or 6. Miriam Santiago was right on her comments regarding the survey that it was muddling the impeachment process. The survey was initiated by SWS isn't it? Check who is the head of SWS and you will know why the survey was done in a hurry. This impeachment trial is very political. In the end, it is the Filipino who is on the losing side.

At first, I was interested on this trial but as the hearings went on, I got tired. First, because some senator judges are really biased and when the the hearing ends, the decision still boils down to how supportive are they to the president without even looking at the evidence and witnesses. I agree with how Miriam Santiago tells the prosecution on the way they handle the case, it's really trial by publicity. They can't win the case if all they did is present everything to the media and could not even defend those allegations in front of the judges. Second, the judges and the panel themselves are also corrupt. They should have been included and be removed from their position as well. Finally, PNoy is even getting himself involved loudly in the case. Does he have other things to attend to? I don't know the status now but whoever wins the case, what matters to me is what they should do to eliminate the corrupt officials even allies and not just the enemies.