And so the inevitable
came to pass.
The Senate of the
Republic of the Philippines, sitting as an impeachment court, voted 20-3 to
convict Chief Justice Renato C. Corona (CJ Corona) yesterday, May 29, 2012. The
senator-judges only voted once – on Article II of the Articles of Impeachment.
Articles III and VII were no longer voted upon since the conviction under
Article II already sufficed.
Among the
justifications given by some senator-judges who voted for conviction was the per
curiam ruling of the Supreme Court in the case of Narita Rabe
v. Delsa M. Flores, A.M. No. P-97-1247, a unanimous decision
promulgated by the Narvasa Court on May 14, 1997.
