Pampanga courts join silent protest for Corona

By Charlene Cayabyab
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Judges and staff at the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Pampanga has joined the nationwide silent protest against the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
The silent protest was spearheaded by the Supreme Court Employees Association in Manila.
In Pampanga, more than 120 employees at the RTC including judges wore black shirts and purple armbands yesterday, the same day Corona’s impeachment trial opened.
Purple is the signature color of the judiciary.
In a manifesto, Executive Judge Edgar Chua of RTC branch 47 said the silent protest is in support of Corona and the judiciary which they are part of.
“As we face the present challenges head on, may we, fellow workers and members of the judiciary, remain steadfast in our faith, and believe that at the end of the day, our core ideals of truth, integrity and justice, the foundations on which the institution stands, shall still prevail,” Chua said.
The manifesto was also signed by RTC Vice Executive Judge Maria Amifaith Fider-Reyes.
Corona is accused of betrayal of public trust, graft and corruption and culpable violation of the Constitution. He was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 12.
Corona became chief justice during the Arroyo administration.
President Benigno Aquino III supported Corona’s impeachment after the former refused to prosecute former President-turned-Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Mr. Aquino vowed to closely monitor Corona’s impeachment trial to be carried out by senators.
Published in the Sun.Star Pampanga newspaper on January 17, 2012.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2012/01/17/pampanga-courts-join-silent-protest-corona-201015

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