MORALES WILL DIG HER OWN GRAVE...

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales will dig her own grave before the Senate Impeachment Court if she fails to justify why she had ordered Chief Justice Renato Corona to explain $10 million in allegedly undeclared bank deposits despite a Supreme Court (SC) decision CONTRARY TO HER ACTION.

A decision SHE HAD CONCURRED TO AND SIGNED as an associate justice of the SC.

The Philippine Star has reported that on March 2, 2010, the SC ruled that: “If a complaint against an impeachable officer is unwarranted for lack of legal basis and for clear misapplication of law and jurisprudence, the Ombudsman should spare these officers from the harassment of an unjustified investigation.”

As we all know, Morales is set to testify in the impeachment court this week.  

Remember, guys, Morales had said her order to Corona was based on complaints filed by several people.

But four of the complainants – Akbayan party-list Rep. Walden Bello, former Rep. Risa Hontiveros, Emmanuel Tiu Santos, and Harvey Keh – HAVE DENIED PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the $10 million cited by Morales.

They said they never specified $10 million in their respective complaints.

Morales had said in several media reports that there is basis for a probe into Corona’s alleged dollar accounts.

But Hontiveros has admitted that she had based her complaints only on evidence presented by the prosecution in the impeachment court. Keh has admitted HE CANNOT AUTHENTICATE ANY DOCUMENT on Corona’s supposed $10 million.

Bello has categorically said HE DOESN’T HAVE ANY IDEA where Morales got the $10 million.  Santos has acknowledged that he had based his complaints only on newspaper reports.

Question” What basis is Morales talking about?

Morales cited the Ombudsman Law as her authority in investigating Corona.  But the March 2, 2010 SC ruling also provided that:  “Only after removal can they (justices) be criminally proceeded against for their transgressions.”

Corona is still under trial and has not been removed as Chief Justice. So how will Morales reconcile that with her order to him to explain the supposed $10 million?

This is where it gets interesting.

If Morales will say that she simply had forgotten about the 2010 ruling, it will cast alarming doubts on her mental competence to continue as Ombudsman.  I bet you, this she will reject to high heavens.

If she will say she’s fully aware of the ruling, she would have to show proof that the same had been NULLIFIED by succeeding SC decisions.

Plus any law or accepted legal doctrine saying that lack of personal knowledge and newspaper clippings are enough basis for an investigation of an incumbent impeachable official like Corona.

If she can’t produce any, Morales will have to reveal her reasons for going after Corona for his supposed $10 million.

If she’ll cite personal grudge (which I’m sure she won’t), that will make her a BIASED ombudsman and thus ethically unfit for the position. The only other possible reason would be she was ordered by to do so.

Which leads to the next question: BY WHOM?

As an old saying in poker goes, boys and girls, CHOOSE YOUR WILD! 

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