WB memo on ‘misuse’ of SC loan another hoax By Charlie V. Manalo 01/17/2012

IMPEACH NOY’S OBSESSION TO CONTROL SC — DEFENSE

WB memo on ‘misuse’ of SC loan another hoax

By Charlie V. Manalo 01/17/2012


A supposed World Bank memorandum criticizing the misuse of a $21 million loan for the Judicial Reform Support Project (JRSP) released way back in 2003 but singling out Chief Justice Renato Corona is proving to be another hoax that was fabricated as part of an elaborate Palace-led campaign to oust the Supreme Court head as an officer of the World Bank denied sending an e-mail containing the memo sent to newspapers yesterday before the opening of the impeachment trial at the Senate court.

Prior to the distribution of the e-mail the House prosecutors revealed the existence of the memorandum on Sunday while Sen. Franklin Drilon in a separate press statement said he had filed a resolution since Jan. 9 for a Senate investigation into the memorandum.

Local newspapers received e-mails containing the supposed memorandum stating that the World Bank found “unsatisfactory” the progress of the JRSP and stating that since mid-2010 when Corona was appointed to his post, the progress of the project was supposedly rated “unsatisfactory.”.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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