MANILA, Philippines - LTFRB Chairman Atty. Winston Ginez is the latest addition to the growing list of former impeachment trial prosecutors to get a post under the Aquino administration.
The Palace announces Tuesday the appointment of Ginez as new LTFRB chair replacing Atty. Jaime Jacob who resigned last March.
More than a week ago, Atty. Al Parreño, also a former impeachment prosecutor, was appointed as new Comelec commissioner. But before this, he was assigned by the President as part of LTFRB's three-man board two months after the trial's conclusion.
Parreño's appointment was immediately hounded by countroversy, not only because he was also a former impeachment prosecutor, but because he allegedly lacks the 10-year law practice requirement the Constitution mandates.
Meanwhile, according to a report by Vera Files, Renato Samonte Jr., also a former prosecutor for the impeachment trial, was designated chief provincial prosecutor of Bulacan.
Ginez, Parreño and Samonte are all private lawyers employed, allegedly pro-bono', by the House of Representatives who prosecuted former Chief Justice Renato Corona under the Articles of Impeachment.
Also included in the list are former Quezon City Rep. Joseph Emilio Abaya and former Akbayan Rep. Kaka Bag-ao.
Abaya is now serving as Transportation secretary while Bag-ao is the current caretaker of Dinagat Islands after the former Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. was found guilty of the murder of his wife Alona Bacolod-Ecleo.
In DZMM's S.R.O, lawyer Katrina Legarda laments how the appointments appear to be "rewards" for lawyers who joined the team who prosecuted Corona.
"Parang thank you, parang reward ang dating," she said.
The impeachment of Corona was openly supported by the Aquino administration.
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