PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has dared  Chief Justice Renato Corona to present information on his dollar accounts if he has nothing to hide even as he admitted that the issuance of the temporary restraining order (TRO) by the Supreme Court may have adverse impact on the economy and give wrong signal benefitting criminal syndicates involved in money laundering.

Aquino said the TRO may have an effect on the economy, saying the global financial community may impose sanctions on the country, being a signatory to treaties against money laundering.

“So may dagok sa ekonomiya ’yan,” the President said.

He also urged Corona to volunteer his dollar accounts if only to ferret out the truth.

“Public servant tayo, may public trust na kasama dun. Maganda sana magboluntaryo na ’yung nasasakdal, walang tinatago, buksan n’yo para makita n’yo wala akong kasalanan,” Aquino told  Palace reporters in the sidelines of the launch of the  TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) in Taguig City.

The Supreme Court based its ruling on the TRO on the Foreign Currency Deposit Act.

Aquino believes that the law on foreign currency deposits is not meant to provide “refuge” to those who committed injustice.

“Those who committed an injustice should not take refuge in this particular law,” he said.  

Aquino also twitted the Supreme Court’s TRO on the subpoena on Corona’s dollar accounts  as he likened it to the  TRO issued against the watchlist order on former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.    Efren Montano