(... More news) Sen. Miriam Santiago says LAWMAKERS who voted to convict former chief justice Renato Corona and who received additional pork barrel before or after the May 29, 2012 verdict can be presumed guilty of bribery because of the timing of the two events. Santiago, a constitutional law expert, noted that the additional pork releases under the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) during and after Corona’s impeachment trial constitutes bribery under the Revised Penal Code. She cited Article 204 of the penal code: “Any judge who shall knowingly render an unjust judgment in any case submitted to him for decision, shall be punished by prison mayor, and perpetual absolute disqualification.” The law doesn’t only cover the senator-judges in the Corona impeachment but also the members of the House of Representatives who voted to indict the chief justice and who also got additional pork. “Each senator or representative was guilty of the crime of knowingly rendering unjust judgment,” Santiago said in a statement. Santiago however said that the bribery allegations should not distract the public from the multi-billion-peso pork barrel scam. “Both scams are equally repulsive. But the alleged bribery scam is intended by the political opposition to cover up the Napoles NGO pork scam,” -Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 09:25:55 +0000
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