182ND PERSUASIVE APPEAL_29MARCH17_TO THE SCP JUSTICES : CORRUPTION TAKES MANY FORMS-NOT JUST DIRECT BRIBERY

One early morning while our judge was having breakfast at home, a lawyer with a multi-billion case visited him. “Why are you here? Don’t you know it is unethical to talk with a judge about a pending case outside the courtroom and in the absence of the opposing lawyers?” Judge CID intoned. “No, Your Honor, I did not come to speak with you about my case. But if you will look outside your window, you will see a sparkling new Mercedes Benz S560 parked on your driveway,” the lawyer explained. “That is the worse; you have come to bribe me!” the magistrate exclaimed. “No again, your Honor. I am not giving you the car. I am selling it to you,” was the firm reply. “And how much is the car?” His Honor asked. “Fifty dollars,” the smart attorney matter-of-factly answered. “In that case,” Judge CID solemnly said, “I will buy two!” BY FORMER CJ ARTEMIO PANGANIBAN ATTENTION SENATOR RICHARD "DICK" GORDON CHAIRMAN Accountability of Public Officers & Investigations (Blue Ribbon) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE CHAIRMAN GENERAL RONALD DELA ROSA PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF THIS E-MAIL IS  SHARED TO  FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE ARTEMIO PANGANIBAN