Prosecutors finish with Article 2,
move on to Article 3

PROSECUTORS IN THE impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona said they are already finished with their presentation for Article 2 of the impeachment complaint.

Article 2 dealt with the charge that Corona committed a culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of the public trust for failing to publicly disclose his statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth as required by the charter and by other laws.

However, prosecutor Niel Tupas said they were leaving Article 2 “with the reservation” on the foreign currency accounts allegedly owned by Corona and deposited with the Philippine Savings Bank.

The impeachment court had decided to honor a temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court against the disclosure of bank accounts allegedly owned by Corona that contained foreign currencies. The petition for a TRO, filed by PSBank, stated that such deposits are protected with absolute confidentiality by the foreign currency deposits act.