" Imagine: it only took one letter from a lawyer of PAL for the Supreme Court to withdraw their decision on a case that had so many times already been decided upon. I ask you: where will the members of FASAP end up with this kind of system in place?"---PNoy
16 December 2011
TO SAVE THE SUPREME COURT AS AN INSTITUTION CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO C. CORONA SHOULD RESIGN
According to the Supreme Court Administrator and Spokesperson Atty. Midas Marquez, Chief Justice Renato C. Corona did not participate in the controversial recall of the Decision on the FASAP case and that he already “inhibited” from the case as far back as 2008. This is misleading.
The truth is, on October 2, 2011, based on an alleged technicality CJ Corona acted on mere letters of PAL legal counsel Atty. Estelito Mendoza and recalled the valid and final September 7, 2011 Decision of the Supreme Court, effectively re-opening the case despite three (3) previous decisions with FINALITY in favour of FASAP.
CJ Corona should immediately remedy this patent miscarriage of justice against the 1,400 illegally retrenched PAL flight attendants and take this opportunity to reinstate the valid September 7, 2011 SC Decision, which said “This case has dragged-on for so long and we are more than duty-bound to finally put an end to the illegality that took place; otherwise, the illegally retrenched employees can rightfully claim that this Court has denied them justice.”. This case has been pending for almost 14 years already.
The FASAP case is probably the most telling controversy which has fast eroded the credibility of CJ Renato Corona. After the sudden recall by the SC of its Decision on FASAP, the clouds of doubt descended fast upon the Supreme Court.
Now he is trying to depict himself as an underdog. The real underdogs and victims here are the ordinary people like the 1,400 illegally retrenched PAL flight attendants and their respective families. Corona is neither ordinary nor an underdog. He is high and mighty and very powerful.
CJ Renato Corona should save the Supreme Court from further ruin by leaving his post. His insistence to drag the entire Philippine Judiciary in his personal battle to hang-on to his position is most unfair to all the other Judges and Justices and the thousands of ordinary, hardworking rank-and- file court employees.
If he truly cares for justice and for the good of our country, he should spare us all from an embarrassing and highly charged impeachment trial by resigning.
