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AGAINST 'ONE-MAN RULE' Speaking before the Philippine Women Judges Association on Thursday, Chief Justice Corona urged lady magistrates to continue the fight of the late Supreme Court Justice Cecilia Munoz-Palma against "one-man rule." Video by INQUIRER.net's Tetch Torres


MANILA, Philippines—Chief Justice Renato Corona on Thursday called on women judges of the Philippines to continue the fight of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Cecilia Munoz-Palma against “one man rule.”

Palma was the first Supreme Court justice who opposed martial law under the dictatorial rule of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, who appointed her to the high court.

“Recent events have led us to a seemingly ‘one-man rule,’” Corona said in his speech Thursday at the Philippine Women Judges Association at the Manila Hotel. The event was attended by some 300 women judges nationwide.

He called the women judges the new breed of “Cecilia Munoz Palmas” who would continue the fight against the alleged dictatorship.

Chief Justice Renato Corona. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

“Sadly, the basic foundations and pillars of modern Philippine democratic society are being undermined by transient power holders of the government who are solely mandated and obliged to preserve and implement them,” Corona said.

“We are fighting for Judicial independence to shield the Judiciary from improper influence and pressure in our review of any grave abuse of discretion committed by any unit or agency of the Philippine government as well as in settling disputes between and among private and public invested groups,” Corona said.

Corona added the Judiciary should remain free from politics.

“The Executive and Legislative Departments are constitutionally mandated within certain reasonable authorities and privileges guaranteeing their balance of power,” he said.

“The judiciary must be insulated from political pressures, popularity surveys, lobbyists, private partisan interests, undue influence and outright coercion from the Executive or Legislative Departments or from major private stakeholders who are advancing their own shared mutual socio-political and economic interests,” Corona said.

Corona thanked the PWJA members for their support.

“Thank you for standing by the side of the Court. Thank you for upholding the Rule of Law. Thank you for keeping up the fight. Thank you for keeping up the faith. We shall remain firm and we shall remain steadfast. May the Almighty God guide us fortitude as we continue our quest for truth and justice and the preservation of the institution we all love,” Corona said.


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Tags: Cecilia Munoz-Palma , Chief Justice Renato Corona , Supreme Court , Women , Women judges

  • filipinaskoh

    “the Judiciary should remain free from politics” Corona
    Alam mo pala eh, bakit hindi mo ginagawa.

    “Thank you for upholding the Rule of Law” Corona

    lahat na yata ng “rule of law” alam mo except and artcle 8 section 7 paragraph 3 – you are required to be a person of competence, probity, Integrity and independence.- why not uphold this law. 

    “Recent events have led us to a seemingly ‘one-man rule” Corona

    oo nga nag “one man rule” ka sa supreme court  actually inangkin mo na nga eh.pati ang ibang branch ng government gusto mong i-rule tulad na lang ng impeachment court pati executive sinasakal mo.

  • cogito728sum

    I regret this follow up post on this issue but the more I read Corona’s speech, the more I’m convinced that he’s not only a user but also has a peculiar way of interpreting facts depending on whether it would suit his personal interest or not.  As a user, he wouldn’t hesitate to drag along a 70 year old victim of a stroke to suit his purpose neither would he hesitate to involve the memory of a very fine lady justice to further spread his lies.  As a peculiar interpreter of facts, he has this ambivalent way of looking at the glass, if it favourably suits his purpose, he looks at it as half-full, it not he interprets it as half empty. 
     
    His egocentrism makes him see a “one-man” rule when there’s none but ignores an unbridled exercise of power by a woman he bound himself to with a vinculum personam he cannot now extricate himself from.
     
    He claims to be waging a fight to shield the judiciary from outside influence and grave abuse of discretion by any agency of the government, but he ignore’s his excessive abuse of discretionary powers over the resources of the Court the latest of which is the reported used of Court’s vehicle to transport his own witness.  The glass is half-full if the exercise of discretion favours him and it is half-empty if it restricts him.  He doesn’t want to share with anyone his dictatorial powers over the Court.
     
    No other entity of the government should interfere with him in settlement of cases among or between private interest groups for only him could order the review and reversal of finally adjudicated cases such as the Palea case.  Him and only him has that dictatorial power over the Court.  So the executive and the legislative branch better leave him alone or there will be a breach of the independence of the judiciary.
     
    Corona is absolutely correct that the Supreme Court should be insulated from politics except when he politicize it himself. 
     
    “The Executive and Legislative departments are constitutionally mandated within certain authorities and privileges guaranteeing their balance of power.”  Now this is where the half-full-half-empty interpretation of the glass becomes problematic.  Is Corona insinuating an interpretation that he or the courts are superior to the other two branches in view of the foregoing sentence?

    Folks, as we all have now learned, probity is one of the essentials of being a jurist, if not the most essential.  We also have now seen that Corona is not at par when it comes to this requirement.  To allow Corona to continue functioning as the chief magistrate would be a mockery of justice for which future generations would not forgive us.  He has to go!
     
     

  • tagasampaloc

    These are the reasons why Corona won’t take leave of absence while defending self in the IC:
    1. Called for SC en banc prohibiting court employees to testify against him but allow them to testify on his behalf
    2. Used govt car to carry his cousin, who is his witness, from/to IC
    3. Influenced SC employees to rally for him while declaring “Court Holiday”
    4. Made media blitz interview during office hours while getting paid doing nothing for mandated work
    5. Used the women-judges association to support his fight for survival
    He uses the govt resources and time to pull off all the stops for his conviction in the IC.
    To me, #5 is the worst that he did. If these women truly believe that Corona’s fight is the fight for the judiciary’s independence, then this country is truly in deep $hit.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nats-Dalanao/1809865900 Nats Dalanao

      favor naman, can you tell the senate and congress to publicly disclose their SALN through their website….even the executive ha…pag nangyari yun then we are happy public….ang nangyayari kasi nag aaway mga buwaya sa pilipinas..lahat sila buwaya, at ang kinakain ng malalaking buwaya is yung maliliit na buwaya na i CJ….paki explain nga naman kung paano lumalaki mga buwaya na nagagalit sa kapwa buwaya…ang alam ko kasi malapit na naman 2013 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nats-Dalanao/1809865900 Nats Dalanao

    pati administrator ng site na to baka buwaya din…kasi madami nadedelete na comment hehehe

  • coronapig6

    Corona urged the judges to continue the fight of the late Hon. Cecilia Munoz Palma against “one man rule”. He did not say Justice Palma has the highest standard of integrity and respect accorded her. He may as well said his integrity is no higher than a rat that needs to be eradicated.

  • End_of_GMAs_Reign

    “Sadly, the basic foundations and pillars of modern Philippine democratic society are being undermined by transient power holders of the government who are solely mandated and obliged to preserve and implement them,” 

    - CORONA referring to himself, a self proclaimed “ONE MAN JUSTICE” of SC!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/annie.valderrama1 Annie Valderrama

     totoo sinungaling at pilit ipagtaggol ang sarili. Ang dami niyang gimick pero halata pa na nagsisinungaling, ako sa kanya step down na at makipagkwentuhan na lang siya kay Gloria Arroyo sa Veterans Hospital, baka ma-relax pa siya att mayroon silang common topic. Enjoy



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