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By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net

Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona has waived his right to object on the impeachment case filed against him when he submitted himself under the jurisdiction of the Senate and made public pronouncements that he was ready to face it.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

This was how impeachment prosecutors argued their case when they sought the dismissal of Corona’s motion for preliminary hearing of the case on the ground that it was “fatally defective.”

But in a 15-page comment filed before the Office Senate Secretary on Monday, the prosecution team branded Corona’s claim as “baseless.”