Reactions
- Joseph Estrada branded as a “reward for an unjust conviction” the appointment of Teresita de Castro: “I knew even then that the special court created by the Supreme Court would convict me of plunder. But I had hoped even then that it will be the law that de Castro and the other justices would uphold, not the expectation of a seat in the Supreme Court. Justice de Castro turned her back on the law, turned a blind eye on the sacrosanct obligation of a judge to rule on the merits of the case as presented by my lawyers and turned her court into a kangaroo court to convict me. Even lawyers who read the ruling made by the Sandiganbayan justices on the plunder case would see just how the law on plunder was prostituted with the intention to convict me. The justices convicted me, but the people who know better that I am innocent of the charges of plunder, have acquitted me. If I were guilty, they know I would not have the strength to face them. Neither will they welcome me with open arms whenever I visit them."
TRAINING COURSES
- Program of Instruction for Lawyers (June 2005 : Harvard Law School)
- First PHILJA Pre Judicature Program (July 2000:PHILJA)
- World Intellectual Property Conference (1994 : WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization))
- Management Development Program (1984 : AIM (Asian Institute of Management) )
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