Video Replay- Chief Justice Corona Impeachment Verdict

Watch Chief Justice Corona's Impeachment Trial Verdict Video Replay. Senators are set to vote today, May 29-Tuesday on whether to sack the nation's top judge after a historic trial over alleged corruption which saw him accused of hiding millions of dollars in assets.

Senator-judges to vote via alphabetical order, Enrile to vote last. 16 votes needed to convict; 8 to acquit. Senator-judges will vote on Articles 2, 3 and 7. They have 2 minutes to explain their votes.

Live Update: from GMA News/ ANC/Miriam Quiambao

• All 23 senators present. Angara will vote first. Enrile will vote last.Each senator will be called to vote on Article 2. No limitation on explanation of vote. Sen. Angara up first.
• Senator Angara to vote first.
• Angara: Isang natatanging tagumpay para sa isang abugado na maging Chief Justice.
• Angara: In order to suppress any questionable accumulation of wealth, we maintain a standard of honesty.
• Angara: Pera, kapangyarihan, away-pamilya, ito ang ugat ng istoryang ito. Hangad ko po na magkaroon ito ng closure.
• Angara: This willfull and deliberate omission of substantial deposits is a culpable violation.
• Angara: The document presented by the Ombudsman is an official document from the AMLC.
• Sen. Angara votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint.
• Senator Arroyo to vote second.
• Sen. Joker Arroyo now explaining his vote.
• Arroyo: What started in the House of Representatives is not an impeachment. 
• Senator-judge Joker Arroyo votes to acquit Corona on Article 2 of the impeachment complaint.
• Senator-judge Alan Peter Cayetano now speaking.
• Cayetano: Simple lang ang isyu, sino ang nagsasabi ng katotohanan?
• Cayetano: Ang isyu ng corruption at kahirapan ay dinudurog ang espiritu ng isang nadudurog nang katawan.
• Cayetano: Hindi ko matanggap ang interpretasyon ng batas ng punong mahistrado.
• Cayetano: Hindi ko puwedeng matanggap na ang isang public official ay iko-convert ang pera sa dolyar at hindi idedeklara sa SALN.
• Cayetano: Bakit ang mahirap pag nagnakaw, bawal? Bakit sa mayaman, bawal magnakaw nang kaunti?
• Alan Cayetano: Pag ang dollars, nakatago sa kaha de yero, kailangang ideklara. Pero pag nasa bangko, hindi?
• A Cayetano: Bakit ang isang clerk, di nagdeklara ng isang stall sa palengke, tinanggal? Pero pag mayaman, lahat ng lusot available?
• Cayetano: bkit pag ang mahirap nahuling nagnakaw, sasabihin: sa presinto kna magpaliwanag? Pro pag mayaman pwede ang technicalities?
• Cayetano: Technicalities should protect the rights of people. But in this country it is being used to protect people who plunder.
• Cayetano: We should pound on justice. We should pound on truth.
• Cayetano: This court is rebuilding a new paradigm of transparency of public servants.
• Senator-judge Alan Peter Cayetano votes to convict Corona on Art. 2. Votes so far: 2 Guilty, 1 Not Guilty.
• Sen. Pia Cayetano now explaining her vote
• P. Cayetano: This process is difficult for me because I took oath as a senator before CJ Corona.
• P. Cayetano: Bakit pwedeng itago ang pera sa dolyar? Makatarungan ba yun?
• P. Cayetano: To allow a contrary view to the code of ethics would set a deadly precedent.
• Cayetano: Failure to declare P2.4M and P80M is not a minor inaccuracy. I also do not accept nondeclaration of commingled funds.
• Senator-judge Pia Cayetano votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. Votes so far: 3 Guilty, 1 Not Guilty.
• Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago now explaining her vote.
• Santiago: Burden of proof is on the Prosec. I have adopted the standard of overwhelming preponderance of evidence.
• Santiago: Does SALN omission belong to the same class as bribery, treason? SALN inaccuracies not in same class as other impeachable offenses.
• Santiago: There is no conflict between FCDA and SALN. The perceived conflict is laughable. 
• Santiago: Why do we call this proceeding quasi-judicial if puro political lang ang interpretation ng batas? 
• Santiago: I am insulted by the way your minds run!
• Santiago: The Prosecution mistakes admission for confession.
• Santiago: I find it reprehensible beyond belief that the AMLC document was introduced as evidence without authentication!
• Santiago: If the CJ didn't want his accounts to be discovered he would have used a different name. 
• Sen. Miriam Santiago forgets to cast her vote, returns to the podium, says "would you be surprised if i vote not guilty?
• Senator-judge Miriam Defensor-Santiago votes to acquit Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. Votes so far: 3 Guilty, 2 Not Guilty.
• Sen. Franklin Drilon now explaining his vote.
• Drilon: Corona concealed his luxurious condominiums 5 years after they were paid. 
• Senator-judge Franklin Drilon votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. Votes so far: 4 Guilty, 2 Not Guilty.
• Senator-judge Chiz Escudero is now explaining his vote. 
• Escudero: Do not judge others, for the measure that you used to judge will be used against you.
• Escudero: Kung ayaw niyo ideklara, huwag kayong tumakbo sa kahit anong puwesto sa gobiyerno. 
• Escudero commends CJ for being the first public official to sign a waiver to disclose his dollar accounts. 
• Escudero: Sana siya (CJ Corona) at ang kasong ito ang maging hudyat ng bagong simula ng ating bansa.
• Escudero says he submitted yesterday to the Ombudsman his own waiver. He challenges other senators and congressmen to do the same.
• Escudero: Pagkatapos nito, let's move forward. Pagtuunan natin ng pansin ang ibang mas mahahalagang problema.
• Sen. Chiz Escudero votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. Votes so far: 5 Guilty, 2 Not Guilty.
• Sen. Jinggoy Estrada now explaining his vote.
• Estrada: The system failed to render justice to my father, former President Joseph Estrada. 
• Sen. Estrada votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. Votes so far: 6 Guilty, 2 Not Guilty.
• Sen. Guingona now explaining his vote. 
•  Guingona: Ang aking boto ay para sa kasagraduhan ng saligang batas. We must renew our respect for sanctity of Constitution.
• Guingona: Ang pagtago ni Corona sa likod ng FCDA ay pagbabaluktot sa Konstitusyon.
• Guingona: This is constitutional perversion in its ultimate form.
• Guingona: Ang punong mahistrado ang unang naghanap ng butas para makalusot sa batas. 
• Sen. Guingona votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. Votes so far: 7 Guilty, 2 Not Guilty.
• Senator-judge Gringo Honasan is now explaining his vote.
• Honasan: We have not proven if the defendant is corrupt. What is clear is that he is no longer fit to preside over the SC.
• Honasan: I vote to ask the Chief Justice to step down from the pedestal.
• Sen. Honasan votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. Votes so far: 8 Guilty, 2 Not Guilty.
• Sen. Ping Lacson explains his vote.
• Lacson: I have an uncommon ability to determine if a person is telling a lie. 
• Sen. Ping Lacson votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. Votes so far: 9 Guilty, 2 Not Guilty.
• It's now Sen. Lito Lapid's turn to explain his vote.
• Lapid: Bilang HS grad, anong sasabihin ko na hindi marunong mag-Ingles, hindi maalam sa batas? Ano kayang magiging desisyon?
• Lapid: Malinaw na malinaw na si CJ Corona ay lumabas sa batas.
• Lapid: Awang-awa ako kay CJ. Akala ko totoo ang sinasabi niya. Hindi pala. Mas pinaniniwalaan ko pa si Fariñas na nag-Powerpoint.
• Sen. Lito Lapid votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. Votes so far: 10 Guilty, 2 Not Guilty.
• Sen. Loren Legarda is now explaining her vote. Six more votes are needed to convict CJ Corona.
• Legarda: (Disclosure of SALN) ay isang sagradong tungkulin na dapat kong gawin. I do it in all honesty and sincerity.
• Legarda: Public trust is earned through transparent, often voluntary, gestures of honesty by officials in question.
• Legarda: Wala po akong nakikitang dahilan para hindi ipatupad ang parehong batas na ito sa isang punong mahistrado.
• Legarda votes to convict Corona, and remove him from his position as CJ.
• Sen. Bongbong Marcos is now explaining his vote. 
• Marcos: Evidence has been presented to public even before it was formally presented in court
• Marcos: The CJ has sufficiently addressed the claims against him.
• Marcos: Given the ambiguous interpretation of FCDA vs. SALN law, the Chief Justice is presumed to have acted in good faith.
• Marcos: Misdeclarations in the SALN are not an impeachable offense. 
• Sen. Bongbong Marcos votes to acquit Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. So far: 11 Guilty, 3 Not Guilty.
• Senator Sergio Osmena's turn to explain his vote.
• Osmeña: Did CJ Corona violate the constitution? Did he do it unknowingly?
• Osmeña: If public officers have been dismissed fr office for lesser assets, then there's more reason to apply the law if assets are $180M up.
• Sen. Osmeña votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. Votes so far: 12 Guilty, 3 Not Guilty.
• Sen. Francis Pangilinan explains his vote.
• SenPangilinan: di dapat ikaila kung walang tinatagong masama.
• Pangilinan: Based on evidence, there was systematic concealment of Corona's assets.
• SenPangilinan: Can Corona still be trusted in the next 6 years?
• Pangilinan: The Chief Justice displayed a disturbing pattern of deception.
• Pangilinan: tama ba na ang pagsisinungaling ng mahirap ay parusahan at ang mayaman ay iabswelto?
• Pangilinan: Hindi niya idineklara taun-taon sa SALN ang kanyang milyun-milyong pisong pera at mamahaling condo.
•  Pangilinan says CJ showed blatant disregard of law, quotes Corona saying dishonest members of judiciary should be disbarred.
• Sen. Pangilinan votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. Votes so far: 13 Guilty, 3 Not Guilty.
•  Pangilinan: Convict (Article 2) | Tally so far: Convict-13, Acquit-3. 16 votes needed to convict, 8 to acquit
• Senator Koko Pimentel now explaining his vote.
• Pimentel: Constitution prevails over FCDA.
• Pimentel: The respondent has consistently misinterpreted the law to release him from his duty of correctly disclosing his net worth.
• Pimentel: The SALN Law & the FCDA do not have to exclude each other. They can be harmonized. 
• Sen. Pimentel votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. Votes so far: 14 Guilty, 3 Not Guilty.
• Session resumes. Sen. Recto now explains his vote.
• Recto: I base decision on facts, not opinions aired outside of court; on testimonies, not theories; on arguments, not analysis.
•  Recto: In an impeachment complaint, length is not strength. The way evidence was produced left a bad taste in the mouth.
• Recto: My duty is to choose what is right and not what is popular.
• Recto: There is no such thing as SALN that is statistically perfect.
• Sen. Pangilinan votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. Votes so far: 15 Guilty, 3 Not Guilty.
• Only one more vote is needed to convict CJ Corona. Sen. Revilla is now explaining his vote. 
•  Sen Revilla: The Chief Justice failed to properly disclose all his assets in the SALN.
•  Breaking News: Corona CONVICTED on Art. II of the impeachment complaint. 16 senator-judges vote guilty, 3 vote not guilty.
• Four more senators to explain their vote. Now speaking is Sen. Vicente Sotto III.
• Sen Sotto: Ang tunay na hukom sa paglilitis na ito ay ang taong bayan.
• Senator Trillanes now explaining his vote.
• Trillanes: A conviction signifies that transparency in governance takes precedence over legal technicalities. 
• Sen Trillanes: It is in the interest of the country to convict Chief Justice Renato Corona 
• Trillanes also vote to convict Corona on Article 2. 18 vote guilty, 3 not guilty.
• Sen Villar: My vote is for the conviction of the Chief Justice.
• Sen. Villar votes to convict Corona on Art. 2 of the impeachment complaint. 19 guilty votes so far, 3 not guilty.
• Sen. Enrile is the last senator to explain his vote. 
• Enrile thanking colleagues, defense and prosecution panels.
• Enrile: The culmination of this national drama is at hand. And the time has come for me to render judgment before whom I took my oath.
• Enrile: As a lawyer I confess I was personally frustrated by hasty crafting of charges; seems case built up after charges filed.
• Sen. Enrile admonishes leaked information presented as evidence to the impeachment court.
• Enrile: This court means serious business and would not succumb to or allow such underhanded tactics to deter this court from our task.
• Enrile: Even before Omb. Morales was called to this court, her letter to the CJ was already leaked to the media 
• Enrile: I've always believed that out of these 3 articles, the case for prosecution and defense will rise and fall on Article 2.
• Enrile reiterates: CJ does not stand accuse of having amassed any illegal wealth before this court.
• Enrile: Code of conduct recognizes public right to info on SALN except for purposes contrary to moral purpose or commercial use
• Enrile: I am convinced that the Defense has presented sufficient evidence to refute the charge of non-disclosure of some properties.
• Enrile: Constitutional principles of public accountability override absolute confidentiality of dollar deposits.
• Enrile is 20th senator-judge to vote to convict Corona on Art. 2. Summary of votes: 20 guilty, 3 not guilty.

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Video replay of CJ Corona's verdict will be posted here once it becomes available online.

Senators who voted for Chief Justice Corona's Impeachment/Guilty:

1. Senator Edgardo Angara
2. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano
3. Senator Pia Cayetano
4. Senator Franklin Drilon
5. Senator Chiz Escudero
6. Senator Jinggoy Estrada
7. Senator Teofisto Guingona III
8. Senator Gringo Honasan
9. Senator Panfilo Lacson
10. Senator Lito Lapid
11. Senator Loren Legarda
12. Semator Sergio Osmena
13. Senator Kiko Pangilinan
14. Senator Koko Pimentel
15. Senator Ralph Recto
16.  Senator Bong Revilla Jr.
17. Senator Tito Sotto
18. Senator Antonio Trillanes
19. Senator Manny Villar
20. Juan Ponce Enrile

Senators who voted for Chief Justice Corona's Acquittal/Not Guilty:

1. Senator Joker Arroyo
2. Senator Miriam Santiago
3. Senator Bongbong Marcos