President Aquino yesterday challenged Chief Justice Renato Corona to testify before the impeachment court and open his assets for public scrutiny.
The challenge was hurled on the eve of the resumption of Corona’s impeachment trial, and amid an investigation into his alleged bank deposits amounting to $10 million.
“There is not any possibility that claims, ‘Will I make a case for this?’ The minute he doesn’t make a case for it, the presumption of ill-gotten (wealth) remains. which isn't an opinion. that's the law. And he's the chief magistrate. perhaps he ought to be the primary one to comply,” Aquino said.
He said below the 1987 Constitution, it's obligatory for any government official, a lot of therefore for those at the highest levels, to declare all assets, liabilities and web value each year, up to the last centavo.
Aquino said the words used are “shall disclose.”
“So, i will be able to say it once more, this is often not an possibility. that the question i believe is, ‘Will I disclose it publicly?” The minute I submit it, that becomes a part of the general public record and it’s out there,” he said.
Aquino said even when he served as Tarlac congressman and senator, his annual statement of assets, liabilities and web value (SALN) was perpetually out there for the general public to ascertain which he had “nothing to hide” from the terribly begin.
This makes it imperative for Corona – being head of the judiciary – to try and do an equivalent, he said.
Corona’s lawyer yesterday said the magistrate had declared the acquisition prices of the 5 real properties and country club shares he owns in his statement of assets, liabilities and web value (SALN) for 2011.
The acquisition prices were included in Corona’s SALN once he apparently did not extra service the column for acquisition prices in his previous SALNs.
Corona’s impeachment trial at the Senate resumes these days May 7, 2012 after five-week break.
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The challenge was hurled on the eve of the resumption of Corona’s impeachment trial, and amid an investigation into his alleged bank deposits amounting to $10 million.
“There is not any possibility that claims, ‘Will I make a case for this?’ The minute he doesn’t make a case for it, the presumption of ill-gotten (wealth) remains. which isn't an opinion. that's the law. And he's the chief magistrate. perhaps he ought to be the primary one to comply,” Aquino said.
He said below the 1987 Constitution, it's obligatory for any government official, a lot of therefore for those at the highest levels, to declare all assets, liabilities and web value each year, up to the last centavo.
Aquino said the words used are “shall disclose.”
“So, i will be able to say it once more, this is often not an possibility. that the question i believe is, ‘Will I disclose it publicly?” The minute I submit it, that becomes a part of the general public record and it’s out there,” he said.
Aquino said even when he served as Tarlac congressman and senator, his annual statement of assets, liabilities and web value (SALN) was perpetually out there for the general public to ascertain which he had “nothing to hide” from the terribly begin.
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| Corona vs P-Noy Bare assets free to public |
This makes it imperative for Corona – being head of the judiciary – to try and do an equivalent, he said.
Corona’s lawyer yesterday said the magistrate had declared the acquisition prices of the 5 real properties and country club shares he owns in his statement of assets, liabilities and web value (SALN) for 2011.
The acquisition prices were included in Corona’s SALN once he apparently did not extra service the column for acquisition prices in his previous SALNs.
Corona’s impeachment trial at the Senate resumes these days May 7, 2012 after five-week break.
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