Case of court interpreter served as template for Senate decision to convict Corona
By Cathy Yamsuan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
May 30th, 2012
A 15-year-old Supreme Court decision dismissing a lowly court interpreter from government service for not reporting a market stall in her statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) served as template for the conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
Senator Sergio Osmeña III said the Supreme Court had issued “numerous†decisions on SALN violations by government officials and employees.
But the Rabe vs Flores case of 1997 deserves notice since it was also about a court worker who failed to disclose a property, he said.
The Regional Trial Court Branch 4 in Panabo, Davao, dismissed Delsa Flores from service for failing to disclose ownership of a stall in a public market in her SALN.
The high court also forfeited her retirement benefits and accrued leave credits and barred her from reemployment in government, including in government-owned or -controlled corporations.
The Court said Flores’ failure “to disclose her business interest, which she herself admitted, is inexcusable and is a clear violation†of Republic Act No. 6713, or the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees.
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