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‘Cover up’ in the Davide court?

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

‘Cover up’ in the Davide court?

If they are as passionate about reforms and the full and proper implementation of P-Noy’s daang matuwid campaign promise as they claim to be, those who had earlier excoriated ousted Chief Justice (CJ)  Renato Corona for alleged infractions during his term should be as concerned about an earlier impropriety allegedly perpetrated by the Davide Supreme Court (SC) with then Associate Justice now Acting CJ Antonio Carpio as the main proponent.

We refer to the revelations made by Pulupandan Mayor Magsie Peña and former SC stenographer Fe Malou Castelo regarding the various incidents related to a case filed by the former against Urban Bank in 1994 for payment of fees related to services he rendered to the bank.

That case was won by Peña all the way up to the Court of Appeals but was stalled at the SC’s First Division chaired by no less than then Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. with Carpio as the designated ponente. Pena’s efforts to collect from Urban Bank and his subsequent pursuits to obtain justice from the Davide court brought him face to face with the suffocating realities of the workings within the offices of the highest dispensers of justice in the land..... MORE

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URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/index.php/commentary/item/759-%E2%80%98cover-up%E2%80%99-in-the-davide-court?

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