Prosecution doubts Corona will testify

MANILA — The House prosecution panel said Sunday that Chief Justice Renato Corona is not likely to speak up on the witness stand, despite going on a media blitz last week to proclaim his innocence.
Corona has been appearing in television and radio interviews to insist that the impeachment complaint is rooted in the Supreme Court decision to distribute land in Hacienda Luisita, owned by President Benigno Aquino III’s relatives, to tenant farmers.
He also accused Senator Teofisto Guingona III of trying to convince him to go into early retirement so Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio could be appointed in his place.
Guingona has denied this. He confirmed, however, that he had lunch with Corona last year.
Corona also said the closure of three peso time deposit accounts at Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) on the same day he was impeached was a coincidence. He said loss of confidence in the bank prompted him to close down the accounts.
“We guess the Chief Justice is making all these noise so he can shift to a mute mode when the trial resumes. His tack is to seek an acquittal through media interviews,” Marikina Representative Romero Quimbo, prosecution spokesman, said Sunday.
Corona said he is willing to testify but that the decision is up to his lawyers.
“If the Chief Justice wants to tell the truth, then his place should be on the witness stand, not in the radio booth. The latter is where DJs spin music, not where a CJ can spin his version of events,” Aurora Representative Juan Edgardo Angara, another prosecution spokesman, said.
“He has a mouthful to say on supposed meetings and pressures for him to quit but on the most important issue of his undeclared and unexplained wealth, his lips are sealed,” Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III said.
Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile, who has called on the Chief Justice to testify to clear his name, assured Corona that he will be treated with respect during the trial.
“The Chief Justice is head of an equal branch of government and should be respected, not disrespected. (If you do) it is like you disrespect your own country, your own Constitution. Until he (Corona) is pronounced guilty he is presumed innocent,” Enrile, presiding officer of the impeachment court, said in a radio interview over dzBB.
He said anyone who disrespects Corona will be ruled out of order and that he will stand by that ruling.
“They can remove me if they want,” he said, adding he would resign if Corona is not shown respect.
Senators will also be disallowed from cross-examining the Chief Justice. He said although senators are allowed to ask clarificatory questions, “(Senators) would be partisan if they cross-examine.”
Enrile said the cross-examination of witnesses for the defense should be left to the prosecution panel.
“We respect his right to explain to the public, but that is not evidence for us unless presented before the impeachment court,” Enrile said.
Corona earlier said he will open his bank accounts to the court. His wife, Cristina, is expected to testify on their bank accounts.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2012/03/11/prosecution-doubts-corona-will-testify-210671

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Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
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Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023
0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)

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