20120126 motion to inhibit sen. drilon bsa

8/10/2019 20120126 Motion to Inhibit Sen. Drilon BSA

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force

of Sr-rprcmc

,ourt

l{csolutions

provicling

guiclclir-rcs

i;r"

lrc clisckrsurc

of

the SALNs.

2. Be

that as t may,

he

Impeachment

Court

issued

a subpoenaduces

tecum

d testificandum

gainst Atto. Enriqueta

Vidal,

Clcrli of

Court

of the

Supreme

.oLrrt.

\t

thc hcaring

of 77

Januart'

012,

during thc

exarninarion

1-

Atry.

Vrdal, c


3/15

Senator Drilon.

llc.thrc

'ou

clischarse.

.The

Presiding

officer.

'fhe

drsti'euished

gentleman froni

llorlo.

Senator

Drilon.

Tl-rank

),ou,

IUr. Presidcnt.

rvish

to ar.ail

of

thc

nvo

(2 )

minr.rtcs

ll


4/15

I lo i lo

nrat 'proceed.

.senator

Drilon. I

ahcady

forgot

my quesUott,

Your Fionor.llut:rgain'

thc

'rr.bpn",t^

r/ulu et'r.rru

equfues, tu,

Nladam,

o

produce

the srvorn

Statements

of r\sscts,

LrabilrUes

nd

Net Worth

or

a SALN

of

Chief

Justrce

{enato

C.

Cotcrna

for thc

vearc

2002,

2003,

2004,

2005,

2006,

2007

2008,

2009 201'0.

2011. ,.\nd or,r said, ,ou submittedthese o the Coutt for thet'disposition.

Nol',

i[ f l-rt.

-rxrrt

c]oes

not aPpfovc

the

subpoena,

are

yoll

g()il-]g

o bring

thesc

ckrcurncllts

o the

Court?

Ms.

Vidal.

I follorv

the l{esolution

of

the Court

dated

r{al'

2, 1989.

Senartor

Drilon.

Pieasc

answef

my

question,

yes

of

no.

Wili you

bring

it

if

the

Courrt

does

not authorize

you

to

bdng

them?

Ms.

Viclal.

'1hc

Suprcmc

(-oult

has ts

rulcs rvhich

s a

cocclual

odl'

as the

Senatc

rr-'.

Senalor

Drilon. So

\,ou

rvill not-

tr Ms.

Vid:rl.

I atl as,aititrq

nstrr-tctions

lot.t-thc C


5/15

Mr.

Cuevas.

We

take

note

of that,

Your

Honor.

Senlttor Drilon.

-fust

asking

irc

vierv

of

the rvitness

as a

custoclian

f

these

t rcco t ' c ls .

I t

i s r ro t

i ' o t t t v ic : t ' tha t

t l r c o r i l c r

of

t l - r i sr l l r c lc l r rnc r r t

.6gr f

i s

subjcct

to

thc a1t1tt'or-al

f thc

Suprcnrc

Cor-rr-r.

n

other] voicls,

1,pu

do not

subscribc

o the

propositron

hat

the

order

of this

court for

v


6/15

Sr: r , . , i , , r ) r i lon.

i

thor-rght

r t t . . .

,Tlrc

l)rcsiding

officer.

wc did

not

subpocna

he

surprcrnc

,urt.

rwc

sulrP'c.aed

you to

produce

he record

n

your

custocly.

o

you are

now

ortlt'r 'crl

y the

chan-to

surrcndeL

hese

ecords

o

this

cor-rrt

Ms. \/ ic lal .Yes,Your Flonor.

Scrr^lrr

Drilon.

can

r'c

ask

now

the

clerk

of

court

t'

rcccrvc

these

docr rn rc ' t t ts?

Ms.

r/rdal.

I

um rcrrLlt,

r)

r cluartclaL\,,

arl

t1

dilcrlrpir

Dcc:rlrse

\,1;

ar c

cor-t t

tl l ly

the

rules

of the

Supreme

Court

ancl

also

bv this

Fl,-,n11rablc

ourt.

So

tr t: tr

requcst

hat

at

lcast

get

the

luthor izuti ,ru

irst

f l6p

tirc

Coui.t

bc'1,,r ' t '

subrnit

hcnr?

scn:Lror

Dr i lon.

v/e

do

not

bci icve

rrat

hat

s

proper,

your

I ionor.

Beca'sc:

to- t l , : ,

rvoi.r ld

ubjcct hc.rcicrsof this mpcachment ourt ro thc approval

of

tlr t

SLrprenre

ourt.

Because

f

the

Court

docs

not

aurhorize

hc

release

f

tlttr stlr lcll lcllt

of

asscts

nd

liabilLics

c,f thc

Ciiricf

JusLicc,

hcn

tlc

sr-rbpocna

is

r lefc:r fcd,

our

Honor. l

5.

,\{any

of

thc

quesrrons

ropounded

o Atty.

viclal

borclered

n

rhe

power

of

rlrc

Impcacitrnent

Court

to issue

a

subpocna.

and

conrrriand

compliallce llerewith'

What

cannot

be

deniecl,

owever,

s

that

the interference

af ld

pressr t r t ' t ' xer tcc l

r l '

s , ' , . , " 'or ' . f r r r lgr :

- ) r i lon

rgai r rs t

' \ t t1 ' .

/ i , l , r l

. t ' s r r i tcc l

r i

t l rc

production

of

the

SALNs

of

CI

Corona,

wlich

the

prr-rsc,:ufir)n

as

unablc

ro

accornplish

rr

ts

own.

6.

partiality

b)'

direcdy

causing

he

introducdon

of

evidence

rom

a

document

intendecl

to cast

doubts

ou

thc

role

Chief

Jusuce

about

thc

accluisitiol

of

property

by

lris

daughter.

s

it

turns

our,

CJ

fact

n

the

rrLnsaction.

cnator-.Judge

rilon,

At

the

next

session,

Senator

,luclge

)rilon

:igain

displayed

his

corona

acted

as

thc

2ttornc1,-i11-

made

srue

ro highlight

this

fact,

as

owner

of

the

pl'op


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persona l l l /

c ( ) l r lp l ( : t ( r

l r t '

P r t t '< ' l i l sc

rc rs r ' l f .

' l ' l r r '

t r r r r r s r " r ' iP r

l '

l ( )

- Jan t r : r r -1 ,

"01"

cleady

llustrutes

he

partiality

of

SenarorJudge

Dr-ilon,

urzi.:

Scnator

Drilon.

L)o

yor_r ave

a

cop,,,

f

the

,I.CT?

IVIr.

Rtrtaquio.

\'es,

Your

Flonor.

Scnator

Drilon.

W'hc-,

s

tire

seiicr?

1\'Tr.

utaquio.

It is

the

Nlegarvorld

Corporauon,

su.

St'nator

Dr i lon.

Is

that

n

thc

)eccl

of Sale?

l\' lr .

Rrrtaquio. \'cs, \'our. FIonor.

Scnator

Drilon.

Do

1,s11

uvc

a cop;,

of

thc

l)cccl

o[

Selci

l \ l r .

Rr r tu rqu io .

' t ' s ,

S i r , .

Scnator

Drilon.

What

rs

thc

date

of

the

Deccl

of

Sale?

I\[r .

Rutaquio.

October

2i,

200g,

Su..

s.nator

Drilo'.

Now,

does

the

'ame

,6Renato

corona,,

appear

in

that

Deed

of

Sale?

Mr.

Rutaquio.

No,

your

Flonor.

sc'r r l .r

Dr i lo ' .

As

lrr to 'r r :y* ir r - f i rct,

s

tr rcrc

a Re':r to

c,rr r ra?

I\lr .

Rtrtaquio.

Yes,

your

Honor.

Scnator

Drilon.

So it

is

Renato

Corona

acting

as

attorney-in.fact

for

Charina

Crlronir .

AIr.

Rtrtaquio.

Yes,

Your

Flonor.

Scnator

Drilon.

Thank

you,

N{r.

president.2

(Emphasis

upplicd)

7

The

Prosecution

presented

he

Deed

of

Sale

n

an

zltternpt

o link

CJ

Cor.na

to

the

ownclship

of

the

conclominiurn

unit,

but

rvas

sulpflsed

to

learn

that

his

name

did

not

appear

as

the

buyer

on

the

clocunrent. 'o save he

day

for

the

Prosectttirtn,

Senatrlr.Jtidr;e

)r:ilon

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