By Jelly F. Musico
Senate President and presiding officer Juan Ponce Enrile has allowed Chief Justice Renato Corona to use powerpoint presentation to dispute claims of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales that the chief magistrate has 82 dollar accounts amounting to US$ 10 to 12 million.
"Ombudsman has used powerpoint presentation when she claimed that I have 82 dollar accounts. Can I also use powerpoint presentation?" Corona asked.
"Granted," Senate President and presiding officer Juan Ponce Enrile who then called five-minute suspension to set up the powerpoint presentation.
Before he asked to allow the use of powerpoint presentation, Corona denied that he owned 82 dollars accounts.
"I don't know any person who owned bank 82 dollar accounts. She is misleading that the report was based on the report of AMLC (anti-money laundering council)," Corona said.
"This AMLC report that the Ombudsman presented in this court is not authenticated, has no predicate crime, no investigation, no court order and no notice from depositors. Clearly, it came from a polluted source," Corona explained.
Corona said he formed a team of accountants to study the powerpoint presentation of the Ombudsman.
"We studied what the Ombudsman did and clearly, it was one of the deception, exaggeration, misrepresentation," Corona said.
"I have no 10 to 12 million dollars as stated by Ombudsman Morales. I don't have also 82 dollar accounts. I did not steal people's money, not even a single centavo," Corona said.
Corona said he did not declare his dollar accounts in his SALN because Republic Act 6426 or Foreign Currency Deposit Act provides "absolute confidentiality."
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