DON'T BE FOOLED WITH CORONA SALN DISCREPANCY!

In the interest of fair play, WAIT FIRST for the explanation of Chief Justice Renato Corona or the defense panel on the P5-million discrepancy in his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) before you’re MISLED or FOOLED by the prosecution and their media allies.

Whether anybody likes it or not, they have the RIGHT TO EXPLAIN before any conclusion is made by anyone.

For those who missed today’s impeachment hearing, Sen. Panfilo Lacson noted in Corona’s SALN that the total acquisition cost for his  declared condominium units at the Bonfiacio Ridge and the Bellagio was approximately P23 million.

But Lacson said the amount of P18,438,980 was also listed under the column “acquisition cost” for the five properties which Corona had declared as his.

Asked by Lacson to comment, lead defense counsel Serafin Cuevas assured the senator that: “We will definitely deal with it when our time comes in the presentation of presentation of our evidence.”

But private prosecutor Jose Panganiban CATEGORICALLY concluded: “Hindi po truthful. Hindi po accurate iyong pagkaka-declare ng SALN.”

And the Philippine Daily Inquirer readily supported Panganiban’s declaration with a story in their website which said: “Chief Justice Renato Corona’s failure to declare the actual acquisition cost of his properties in his SALN was highlighted on Day 30 of the impeachment trial.”

No need to wait for Corona’s explanation.

Agad-agad, hindi truthful at hindi accurate si Corona. He failed.  GUILTY na agad si Chief Justice, period!

Ganiyan ka-UNFAIR ang laban, mga kababayan! I dare say so because, among others:

When the prosecution reduced the number of properties they claimed to be owned by Corona from 45 to 21, the defense DID NOT categorically accuse them of being UNTRUTHFUL and inaccurate.

The prosecution claimed that a short lady whom nobody knew was the one who gave them copies of the bank documents of Corona at the Senate.

But when Senate closed circuit television footage did not show any lady on the day and hour that they said she came, the defense did not call them LIARS!

Take note, people, I’M NOT DEFENDING Corona. All I’m saying is we should all be FAIR enough to wait for his explanation before passing our own verdict.

Because whether or not the prosecution and their allies like it, EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO FAIR PLAY.

No exceptions! 30