EN BANC
[A.M. No. 12-5-1-SC. May 30, 2012.]
RE: CASE NO. 002-2011 OF THE SENATE [SITTING AS AN IMPEACHMENT COURT] IN RE: IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF HONORABLE CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO C. CORONA
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court en banc issued a Resolution dated MAY 30, 2012, which reads as follows:
"A.M. No. 12-5-1-SC (Re: Case No. 002-2011 of the Senate [Sitting as an Impeachment Court] In re: Impeachment Trial of Honorable Chief Justice Renato C. Corona). — The Court Resolved to NOTE the:
(a)Notice dated May 29, 2012 of Atty. Emma Lirio Reyes, Clerk of Court of the Senate, Sitting as an Impeachment Court, stating that:
Pursuant to instructions of the Honorable President and Presiding Officer Juan Ponce Enrile, made in open Court in today's session, his Honors are hereby served Notice that the Honorable Impeachment Court rendered the attached judgment on the above entitled case; and
(b)Aforesaid Judgment dated May 29, 2012, which reads as follows:
The SENATE, sitting as an Impeachment Court, having tried Renato C. Corona, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, upon three Articles of Impeachment charged against him by the House of Representatives, by a guilty vote of 20 Senators, representing at least two-thirds of all the Members of the SENATE, has found him guilty of the charge under Article II of the said Articles of Impeachment: Now, therefore, be it
ADJUDGED, That Renato C. Corona be, and is hereby, CONVICTED of the charge against him in Article II of the Articles of Impeachment.
WHEREFORE, in accordance with Article XI, Section 3 (7) of the Constitution, the penalty of removal from office and disqualification to hold any office under the Republic of the Philippines is hereby imposed upon respondent Chief Justice Renato C. Corona.
SO ORDERED."
Peralta and Bersamin, JJ., on leave. (4)
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) ENRIQUETA E. VIDALClerk of Court