A jobless Renato Corona is considering going back to teaching at any of the country's leading universities. OH MY GOD!
A teacher is a model of the students. what values is he going to impart to his students? What is he going to teach? Teach them how not to declare one's SALN correctly? or teach them how to acquire properties when you are working for the government? or maybe how to open bank accounts?
What moral implications will this have on the students if they have a teacher or professor who is not morally fitted to become one..He maybe cloning himself in that process. Teaching is not just about the subject matters. It is also about molding the students to become morally upright and responsible citizens. A teacher is a role model. How can you expect the former chief justice to be a role model with that kind of reputation?
I don't think it will be wise for a university to get his services as a teacher. So much so that the government is preparing to file some cases soon against him. Personally, I think he should refrain himself from such plan so as not to add more insults to injury.
Meanwhile some sectors of society and some senators have appealed to the palace to spare Corona from criminal or civil charges saying he had suffered enough during the impeachment trial.
Personally, I think he should be made to account for any misdeeds if there are any. While he should not be singled out for criminal prosecution, neither should he be exempted from it. While showing compassion is laudable it should be done in consonance with the law.
Filipinos easily forgives by nature. That's the mean reason why some cases of some important personalities in the past are forgotten. We as a nation has to change that attitude. Those people who have committed crimes in government should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Otherwise people like them will just keep on cloning.
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