Palace vouches for independence of Aquino appointees to SC
Malacañang on Wednesday vouched for the independence of President Benigno Aquino III’s appointees to the Supreme Court, saying they are not beholden to him.
To prove this, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte noted Wednesday that Associate Justice Bienvenido Reyes, an Aquino appointee to the SC, voted for the issuance of the temporary restraining order on making public the dollar accounts of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona.
Aquino has been openly critical of Corona and has repeatedly expressed support to the ongoing impeachment trial in the Senate.
Valte made the statement at a press briefing a day after Corona’s petition with the Supreme Court seeking to stop the impeachment proceedings was assigned to Aquino’s recent appointee to the SC, Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe.
“If you remember one of the appointees of the President also voted I think for the issuance of the TRO. So that should dispel any bubbling perception that the appointees of the President are beholden to him. Very far from it,” she said.
She further said that “if you look at their voting record, yes” the appointees are independent from Malacañang.
Bernabe was appointed last September. Aside from her and Reyes, another Aquino appointee in the high tribunal is Maria Lourdes Sereno.
Bernabe was also the justice-in-charge in the petition filed by the Philippines Savings Bank (PSBank) seeking to stop the disclosure of Corona’s foreign currency deposits (FCD).
In PSBank’s petition, Bernabe and Sereno were among the five justices who voted against the issuance of TRO enjoining the Senate from implementing its subpoena on Corona’s dollar account records. — Amita O. Legaspi/KBK, GMA News
To prove this, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte noted Wednesday that Associate Justice Bienvenido Reyes, an Aquino appointee to the SC, voted for the issuance of the temporary restraining order on making public the dollar accounts of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona.
Aquino has been openly critical of Corona and has repeatedly expressed support to the ongoing impeachment trial in the Senate.
Valte made the statement at a press briefing a day after Corona’s petition with the Supreme Court seeking to stop the impeachment proceedings was assigned to Aquino’s recent appointee to the SC, Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe.
“If you remember one of the appointees of the President also voted I think for the issuance of the TRO. So that should dispel any bubbling perception that the appointees of the President are beholden to him. Very far from it,” she said.
She further said that “if you look at their voting record, yes” the appointees are independent from Malacañang.
Bernabe was appointed last September. Aside from her and Reyes, another Aquino appointee in the high tribunal is Maria Lourdes Sereno.
Bernabe was also the justice-in-charge in the petition filed by the Philippines Savings Bank (PSBank) seeking to stop the disclosure of Corona’s foreign currency deposits (FCD).
In PSBank’s petition, Bernabe and Sereno were among the five justices who voted against the issuance of TRO enjoining the Senate from implementing its subpoena on Corona’s dollar account records. — Amita O. Legaspi/KBK, GMA News
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