Clan’s 10B vs CJ’s P34M
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
That is what the impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona is all about: For the Aquino-Cojuangco clan to get a P10-billion compensation package from the distribution of hacienda land to the workers from a Corona-less Supreme Court (SC) while demonizing Corona over a paltry P34 million in his bank deposits that moreover belongs to the corporation of his wife, Cristina.
When one thinks of the hundreds of millions, and even billions, pocketed by government officials, whether past or present, it is really ridiculous for Noynoy and is congressional allies to portray the CJ as corrupt for having in accounts under his name, some P30 million or so. These days, what’s P30 million, especially to an official who certainly comes from the elite class, having studied in Harvard and not under a scholarship either.
But that is really what this impeachment is all about: Getting rid of Corona for Noynoy and his kin to take hold of the P10-billion compensation package that the CJ is blocking..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20120309com2.html
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