Against his doctors’ advice, Chief Justice Renato Corona is returning to the Senate impeachment court Friday amid warnings from his lawyers that the trial would be tarnished with illegality if the defense was forced to rest its case prematurely.
Doctors monitoring the condition of Chief Justice Renato Corona fear a possible heart attack and are ruling out his return to the Senate impeachment tribunal in the next 48 hours to resume his testimony.
Chief Justice Renato Corona is “on the brink of conviction,” President Benigno Aquino III’s political adviser said a day after the impeached magistrate walked out of his trial without being excused by the Senate impeachment court.
Children of Jose Maria Basa III, uncle of Chief Justice Renato Corona’s wife Cristina, on Wednesday said they wanted to continue their father’s quest for justice in the bitter dispute with the Coronas over inherited properties.
Former Supreme Court Justice Serafin Cuevas said on Wednesday he disagreed with the abrupt departure of Chief Justice Renato Corona from the witness stand and dismissed as a “lie” media reports he had quit as lead defense counsel.
