IF it can be proved that the senators who acted as judges in the impeachment trial of former Supreme Court chief justice Renato Corona were “bribed” through the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), then his removal would be null and void.

This is according to Corona’s predecessor, retired chief justice Reynato Puno, who explained that if the senator-judges were influenced to vote for a conviction, the entire process should be nullified.

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