House forms committee for SALN disclosure
By Karen Boncocan
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. has formed a committee to create guidelines for the House of Representatives’ disclosure of their statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN).
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. has formed a committee to create guidelines for the House of Representatives’ disclosure of their statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN).
President Benigno Aquino III can nominate and appoint the next Chief Justice, Bureau of Internal Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares said Thursday.
Bayan Muna Representatives Teddy Casiño and Neri Colmenares on Tuesday submitted to the Ombudsman the unconditional waivers on their bank accounts.
The Supreme Court’s decision to appoint Justice Antonio Carpio as acting chief justice signifies that the institution respects the ruling of the Senate, acting as the impeachment court, to remove Renato Corona as leader of the high tribunal, senators said Tuesday.
Former Chief Justice Renato Corona returned to the Supreme Court for the last time Monday to pack up his belongings
Unseated by the Senate impeachment court for his failure to declare some P180 million in dollar and peso bank deposits, Renato Corona now wants to pursue a “quest for transparency in government service.”
After the ouster of former chief justice Renato Corona, the selection process on who would replace him as head of the Supreme Court need no longer be grounded on tradition but through strict deliberation on the person’s competence, integrity, probity and independence as a judge.
The Aquino administration is not letting up its barrage against Renato Corona even after he has been ousted as Chief Justice in a Palace-initiated impeachment trial.
Puzzled by the prosecution team’s decision to waive its right to cross examine then Chief Justice Renato Corona when he testified last week at the Senate?
Those aspiring to be Chief Justice should sign a waiver for the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to be able to compare statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) and his bank deposits, Senator Francis Escudero said in an interview on Radyo Inquirer 990AM.
Former chief justice Renato Corona is not the only person to be shamed for resorting to “palusot” (lame excuses) to keep a tight lid on his bank accounts.
Even if the House of Representatives can make time to discuss the pending impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said that they were likely to dismiss it.
Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio may preside over the Supreme Court but he will have to inhibit himself from the Judicial and Bar Council’s deliberations in the selection of a replacement for Renato Corona, who has been removed, Sen. Francis Escudero said Thursday.
