For Immediate Release
Contact:
blacknwhitemovement@gmail.com6 February 2012
Code of Judicial Conduct, Rule
5.08 - A judge shall make full financial disclosure as required by law.
“Malaking kasinungalingan itong ginawa nilang ito. Ang sa atin ay lima
po lamang. Lima.” – CJ Corona referring to properties he owns.
Chief Justice Renato Corona
is being accused of not truthfully disclosing his assets in his SALN. The
prosecution has successfully pointed out that he actually owns 24 properties.
How does a Chief Justice amass so many properties if he has no other means save
for his and his wife’s government salaries?
The tedium has not been
caused by the prosecution. Mr. Corona’s defense lawyers have been delaying the
trial through circuitous objections and motions, the latest being strenuous protest
against the prosecution’s motion to subpoena their client’s bank records.
The Black and White Movement
challenges Mr. Corona to authorize the impeachment court to give the
prosecution access to his bank records to avoid being accused of willful
non-disclosure. Doing this would not only speed up the pace, it will allow Mr.
Corona to live up to his word.
BnW Executive Director Leah Navarro
said, “Kung wala siyang tinatago,
pabayaan niya ang mga bangko na ilabas ang accounts niya kung meron man. Mr.
Corona has claimed that he has nothing to hide. This would be a good time to
put his money where his mouth is.” -- END
1 comment:
i dont think the CJ has the balls to do wat ur asking. he has grown more confident in this trial because some senators are obviously "protecting" him, like these senators are in the same "moral" dilemma as Corona.
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