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(Eagle News) — Chief Justice-on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno said she has sought the inhibition of Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro from the quo warranto case filed against her. Sereno made the revelation in a statement on Friday, April 6, two days after she already filed a motion for inhibition against Associate Justices Noel Tijam, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Francis Jardeleza. According to Sereno, in the 30-page motion filed through her lawyers […]
(Eagle News) — Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Leila de Lima have asked the Supreme Court to allow them to intervene and oppose the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. In a five-page motion, Trillanes and De Lima said as “citizens, taxpayers and senators of the Republic,” they “have the right and duty to uphold the Constitution and to oppose government actions that are clearly patently unconstitutional.” They added they also […]
(Eagle News) — Thirteen applicants for the position of Chief Justice failed to submit the required number of Statements of Asset, Liabilities and Net Worth. This is according to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s camp, who appeared to have admitted in a statement on Monday that she herself had failed to submit her SALNs at one point. “The submission of all SALNs for those in government was a requirement which the JBC can waive and […]
(Eagle News)–Opposition lawmaker Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Saturday urged justices of the Supreme Court to junk the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. “The eventual dismissal by the Supreme Court of the quo warranto petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida to oust (her) would be an opportunity for concerned justices to show that they are fair, judicious and protective of the Constitution,” Lagman said in a statement. In urging […]
(Eagle News) — The House justice panel on Thursday found probable cause to impeach Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Voting 38-2, Rep. Reynaldo Umali, committee chair, also slated the next hearing to March 14, at 9:30 a.m. During that hearing, the panel is slated to tackle the committee report and the Articles of Impeachment that will be presented to the plenary, Umali said. If the report gets one-third votes of the entire House, the chamber will […]
(Eagle News) — The filing of a quo warranto petition against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is “not the best act of kindness” toward her, her camp said. Belying Solicitor General Jose Calida’s claim, Sereno’s spokespersons said in a statement that the “best act of kindness” was “to transmit to the Senate the articles of impeachment expeditiously if they find probable cause in the committee and vote for impeachment in the plenary.” According to them, […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday said it will not meddle in attempts to unseat Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno via quo warranto proceedings. “It’s novel, but I don’t see how the Executive can be involved in this other than if the quo warranto succeeds and the court orders that she should be removed, I can assure you, the Executive will implement it because we’re the chief implementor of the law,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry […]
(Eagle News) — A mere “scrap of paper.” This was how the camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno described the petition filed by a suspended lawyer urging the Solicitor General to challenge the top magistrate’s appointment. “We cannot help but view this latest ignorant attempt as part and parcel of the grand plan to harass, malign and humiliate the Chief Justice to force her to resign,” Sereno’s spokesperson Josa Deinla said in a statement after […]
Says former JBC chair knew about Sereno SALN issue but included her in shortlist of nominees for top magistrate post anyway (Eagle News) — The camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta, then-acting chair of the Judicial and Bar Council, knew she submitted three Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth since her appointment as SC associate justice in 2010, but went ahead and approved her application for the top […]
Notes she is “very active” in impeachment hearings against CJ Sereno (Eagle News) — Cebu Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia on Monday questioned the timing of the Ombudsman’s release of the order dismissing her from service. “An act that was done when I was still governor several years ago, you’d rather wonder whether this was purposely done. As you saw, I’m very active in this impeachment hearing against Chief Justice Sereno,” Garcia said. She said “it does […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court information technology consultant on Wednesday defended her supposedly hefty salary of P250,000 per month. Appearing before the House justice committee impeachment hearing against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Helen Macasaet said the monthly salary was even lower than what she received in previous instances. She said the Government Service Insurance System, for instance, paid her as high as P925,000 monthly for almost two years. During that time, she said she […]
(Eagle News) — The chair of the Supreme Court’s bids and awards committee on Tuesday denied awarding the contract to an information and communications technology consultant who received a whopping monthly salary of P250,000. “Yes, your Honor,” Raul Villanueva, who is also the SC deputy chief administrator, said when asked if the participation of the BAC in the engagement of the services of Helen Perez-Macasaet was merely a “formality.” Villanueva was a resource person during the […]
