 Further stating that "After the Supreme Court decision in De Castro v. Judicial and Bar Council last March, which settled the issue, any petition is now precluded, on the theory of so-called collateral estoppel," She also commented that "The problem with the critics is that they mistake the law as it is; with the law as it ought to be, according to their layman's interpretation.A line has to be drawn between the rule of law and the dystopian concept of freewheeling ethics," 

On December 12, 2011, 188 of the 285 members of the House of Representatives signed an impeachment complaint against Corona.As only a vote of one-third of the entire membership of the House, or 95 signatures, were necessary for the impeachment of Corona under the 1987 Constitution, the complaint was sent to the Senate for trial.