Impropriety issue remains

MANILA, Philippines - Thank you for giving me space. I am being dragged into the impropriety of Justice Renato Corona’s wife, Ma. Cristina R. Corona, heading John Hay Management Corp. (JHMC), a GOCC under the Office of the President. It is obviously to obfuscate the ethics issue.

Two points: JHMC assails my integrity in saying Mrs. Corona refused to sign the minutes of board meetings because of my supposed lapses of procedures and legalities. The opposite in fact happened. The reason I resigned in 2007 as corporate secretary was her demanding that minutes of board meetings be brought to her house so she can alter them, bypassing me, before given to the board for approval. It’s on record: the board confronted her about this, provoking retaliation.

Also, in good faith I have been paying the car plan in advanced lump sums. Mrs. Corona knows this, as gleaned from acknowledgment receipts. Now, they say I am illegally using a government vehicle? (Another ex-board member has filed legal action due to JHMC’s refusal to issue ORs for car payments.) 

This happened once before: when my husband Jarius risked his life to expose narco-politicians, they and their minions turned around and dragged me into the picture in the vain hope of stopping his crusade. Now this. Why pick on me?        — MARISSA BONDOC