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29.5.12

How they voted

How the senators voted on CJ Corona's impeachment trial


"This impeachment breaks new ground...I find the respondent guilty." -Senator Edgardo Angara...



Verdict: Not guilty. "This is not justice, political or legal. certainly not the law..it is only naked power, as it was in 1972." -Senator Joker Arroyo...


Verdict: Guilty. "Hindi ko po matanggap ang interpretasyon ng pinakamataas na hukom ng bansa." -Senator Alan Peter Cayetano...


Verdict: Guilty. "The failure to declare $2.4 million and P80 million is not minor." -Sen. Pia Cayetano...


Verdict: Not guilty. "Does SALN omission amount to an impeachable offense? NO! SALN carries light penalty, allows correction." and added, as she addressed her colleagues " I am insulted by the way your minds run." -Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago...


Verdict: Guilty. "He has lost his moral fitness as leader." -Senator Franklin Drilon...


Verdict: Guilty. "Ikinalulungkot ko na di ko po masasang-ayunan ang posisyong ito ni Chief Justice Corona. . Para sa akin, maliwanag ang mga batas natin at di ito nagbabanggaan. Ang pinagbabawalan ng FCDU law na mag-release ng impormasyon ukol sa dollar deposits ay ANG MGA BANKO AT DI ANG DEPOSITOR. " -Senator Francis Escudero...


Verdict: Guilty "I pray that as we conclude this defining moment, we can unite again as a nation, as a society." -Senator Jinggoy Estrada...


Verdict: Guilty. ""Ang nasasakdal na punong mahistrado ay hindi na, hindi na po karapat-dapat sa pagtitiwala ng sambayanang Pilipino." -Senator TG Guingona...


Verdict: Guilty. "He is no longer fit to preside in highest court in the land. May duda na sa kakayahan ng ating punong hukom. " -Senator Gringo Honasan...


Verdict: Guilty. "Guilty as charged under Art II on the Articles of impeachment." -Senator Panfilo Lacson...


Verdict: Guilty: "Sa akin ay malinaw na malinaw na si chief justice ay lumabag sa batas." -Senator Lito Lapid...

Verdict: Guilty. "My chief concern is the credibility and the trust of our people in the most important institution of the land." -Senator Loren Legarda...


Verdict: Not guilty. "When the furor has died down and this political storm has subsided, I know that like the lady Justice we shall find solace in the fact that this decision, though maybe not popular, was fair, impartial and just." -Senator Bongbong Marcos...


Verdict: Guilty. "There is more reason to apply the law when the assets in question amount to P180 million." -Senator Sergio Osmena III...


Verdict: Guilty. "The Chief Justice displayed a disturbing pattern of dishonesty." -Senator Kiko Pangilinan...


Verdict: Guilty. "Ang batas para kay Juan, ay batas rin para kay Renato." -Senator Koko Pimentel...


Verdict: Guilty. "It is easy to impeach one man. What is hard is to impeach hunger, joblessness, poverty." -Senator Ralph Recto...


Verdict: "Napakahirap man, alang-alang sa pagkakaisa at paghilom ng ating bayan. alang-alang sa pagpapatibay ng institusyon ng ating pamahalaan at nang darating pang henerasyon. I found Chief Justice Renato Corona guilty." -Senator Bong Revilla...


Verdict: Guilty. "Ang tunay na hukom sa paglilitis na ito ay ang taong bayan." -Senator Tito Sotto...


Verdict: Guilty. "From now on, no one is untouchable." -Senator Antonio Trillanes...


Verdict: Guilty -Senator Manuel Villar


"This court means serious business and would not succumb or to allow underhanded tactics and gimmickry to deter this court from our tasks."... - Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile