PNoy, CABINET FILE SALNs/CJ FILES
SALN TODAY / CJ: I DON'T OWN $10M
MANILA, APRIL 30, 2012 (ABS-CBN) PNoy,
Cabinet members file SALNs/Defense: Corona will file SALN with SC .
Malacañang is interested to see a copy of the newest statement of
assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN) of Chief Justice Corona which should
have been filed on or before the deadline of the filing today, April 30.
Lacierda said he hopes that Corona would disclose to the public his SALN.
"We certainly hope so because that would be in compliance with the
Constitutional provision on disclosure and filing of SALNs and I think nobody
should be exempted from that," Lacierda said.
Meantime, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said President
Aquino filed his SALN with the Office of the Ombudsman last April 24, 2012.
[PHOTO - PNoy's SALN RELEASED LAST FEBRUARY 2012]
The following Cabinet secretaries have also filed their SALNs, based on a
list provided by the Palace:
PAQUITO OCHOA, JR. MAR ROXAS RENE ALMENDRAS BUTCH ABAD JULIA ABAD
ARMIN LUISTRO RICKY CARANDANG EDWIN LACIERDA DINKY SOLIMAN GING DELES
LINDA BALDOZ JOEL ROCAMORA RONALD LLAMAS SONNY COLOMA FRANCIS TOLENTINO
PROCESO ALCALA LEILA DE LIMA ENRIQUE ONA MARIO MONTEJO RAMON JIMENEZ
GIL DE LOS REYES CESAR PURISIMA PATRICIA LICUANAN VOLTAIRE GAZMIN ALBERT DEL
ROSARIO JESSE ROBREDO
CJ to file SALN today
In a separate text message, defense lawyer Ramon Esguerra said Corona will
definitely file his SALN with the Supreme Court today.
He said, however, that he has yet to see it. Asked if Corona is willing to
disclose the SALN, Esguerra said: "He'll ask en banc permission."
Based on a 1982 ruling, the SC allows the release of SALNs but only upon
request, except in cases where "the request is not made in good faith and for a
legitimate purpose, but to fish for information and, with the implicit threat of
its disclosure, to influence a decision..."
The high court has not yet issued any final ruling on the disclosure of the
SALNs. The Office of the Clerk of Court is the repository of justices' SALNs. –
with a report from Ira Pedrasa, ABS-CBNnews.com
Corona: I don't own $10M By Ira Pedrasa,
ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 04/30/2012 2:46 PM | Updated as of 04/30/2012 4:39
PM
MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) - Chief Justice Renato Corona on
Monday said it is clear that the recent ruling of the Office of the Ombudsman
asking him to explain his supposed multi-million dollar and peso bank accounts
is clearly a retaliation to last week's ruling of the Supreme Court on Hacienda
Luisita.
In a text message sent to reporters, Corona raised seven points against the
Ombudsman's order, which was reported by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on
Sunday.
He said it is "obviously a clear retaliation on our decision on the Hacienda
Luisita."
After the Supreme Court announced its ruling last Tuesday, Corona said
"sigurado [I'm sure]" that the administration of President Benigno Aquino III
will get back at him.
The chief magistrate has always believed that the high court's order to
distribute the Cojuangco-owned Hacienda Luisita and award lower landowner
compensation is the reason why Aquino wants him out of the high court.
Malacañang, in turn, has consistently denied this. Even Aquino's appointees
to the Supreme Court ruled to distribute the hacienda to farmer-beneficiaries.
Last Tuesday, a majority of eight magistrates voted to compensate the
landowners at a much lower valuation or at 1989 rates. This was when the
Cojuangcos lost ownership of the sugar estate.
Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI), controlled by the Cojuangcos, wanted 2006 rates,
which could mean just compensation to the landowners of around P5 billion.
On Sunday, The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that Ombudsman Conchita
Carpio Morales asked Corona, her former colleague in the Supreme Court, to
explain in writing how he was supposed to acquire peso and dollar accounts.
"This office finds that there is reasonable ground to proceed further with
the conduct of an inquiry vis-à-vis the charges that you, during your incumbency
as a public officer, accumulated wealth that is purportedly grossly
disproportionate to your salary and other lawful income," Morales was quoted as
saying in her April 20 order, a copy of which has yet to be officially released
as of posting time.
Corona said, "Why are they putting this out in the Inquirer and not in the
impeachment court?"
"The moves of the Ombudsman and the Inquirer are obviously well-coordinated
and in-sync," he added.
Corona said Ombudsman has no jurisdiction over the chief justice since
impeachable officers can only be removed by Senate.
"I do not own 10m dollars. It simply does not exist," he reiterated.
"It's part of black propaganda and mind-conditioning preparatory to the
resumption of trial on May 7," he said. It is "no different from the phoney LRA
list; phoney US property list; phoney surveys; phoney letters to the Inquirer
editors etc."
Chief News Editor: Sol
Jose Vanzi
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