THE House prosecution panel has requested the Senate Impeachment Court to subpoena Philippine Airlines officials to testify on the allegation that Chief Justice Renato Corona and wife Cristina have received special privileges from the country’s flag carrier.

To be subpoenaed are Enrique Javier, vice president for sales, and Risa Carrion Domingo, vice president for product loyalty and marketing, who will testify on the circumstances of the issuance and use of the PAL Platinum cards of the Corona couple. They were also asked to bring records of booking of the tickets from 2010 to 2011.

The prosecution panel alleged that Corona accepted special perks from the management of PAL while cases involving the company were still pending with the Supreme Court.

Article III accuses Corona of culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust for his “failure to meet and observe the stringent standards of the Constitution that a member of the judiciary must be a person of proven competence, integrity, probity and independence in allowing the Supreme Court to act on mere letters filed by a counsel which caused the issuance of flip-flopping decisions in final and executory cases.”

House prosecutors cited a recent resolution of the Supreme Court recalling its earlier final decision on the illegal retrenchment case filed by the Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines (FASAP) against PAL by acting on a mere letter from the air carrier’s lawyer Estelito Mendoza.