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(Eagle News) – The lawyer who filed an impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno believes she will be impeached before the year ends. Atty. Larry Gadon expressed confidence that the House of Representatives will be able to impeach Sereno within the year. He claimed that based on his calculations, 216 congressmen will vote in favor of Sereno’s impeachment. https://youtu.be/qlarGUTbnZI
(Eagle News) — The House Committee on Justice on Thursday found sufficiency of grounds in the impeachment complaint filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Twenty-five members of the committee headed by Rep. Rey Umali voted to approve the motion of Misamis Occidental Rep. Henry Oaminal finding such sufficiency of grounds in the complaint filed by lawyer Larry Gadon. Gadon had accused Sereno of culpable violation of the Constitution, corruption, other high crimes, and betrayal of […]
(Eagle News) — Six magistrates are set to testify against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, who faces an impeachment complaint for alleged betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution. Atty. Larry Gadon, who filed the complaint, said this in a radio interview a day after Sereno filed her 84-page response. Gadon also denied Sereno camp’s claims the complaint was based primarily on newspaper reports, which means it is inadmissible in any court […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Andres Bautista on Wednesday welcomed the dismissal of the impeachment complaint filed against him. In a statement, Bautista thanked the House justice committee that ruled on the complaint and the House leadership for their “objectivity and fairness” when they junked the complaint filed against him by lawyers Ferdinand Topacio, Manuelita Luna, and former Rep. Jacinto Paras, for insufficiency in form. The complaint stemmed from […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno will be given a copy of the verified impeachment complaint filed by Atty. Larry Gadon so she can answer this. House Commitee on Justice chair, Rep. Reynaldo Umali, said only after this will the House of Representatives be able to proceed with the impeachment process. The committee on Wednesday, September 13, found that Galdon’s complaint against Sereno was sufficient in form and […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives committee on justice has slated the first hearing on the impeachment complaint filed against Commission on Election Chairman Andres Bautista to next Tuesday, September 19. This is according to Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali, chair of the committee. The complaint filed against Bautista cites betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution as bases for the impeachment. These were based Patricia Bautista’s allegations […]
(Eagle News) — The House committee on justice on Wednesday dismissed the impeachment complaint filed by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption and the Vanguard of the Philippine Constitution Inc. against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Voting 28-5, the panel said the complaint filed by VACC founding chair Dante Jimenez and Vanguard president Eligio Mallari was “insufficient in form” for making use of a verification form that was not intended for complaints filed by private individuals. […]
https://youtu.be/qrZGMmi8GnU (Eagle News) — The impeachment complaint filed by lawyer Larry Gadon against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno has been found sufficient in form and substance. Thirty lawmakers voted for the motion filed by Coop-Natcco Rep. Anthony Bravo to find the complaint sufficient in form, which means it was duly endorsed and verified. Bravo was among the 41 lawmakers who endorsed the complaint, which accused Sereno of culpable violation of the Constitution, betrayal of public trust, […]
(Eagle News) — The impeachment complaint filed by lawyer Larry Gadon against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno has been found sufficient in form. Thirty lawmakers voted for the sufficiency in form of the complaint, vis a vis the four who voted against. Gadon has accused Sereno of receiving “exorbitant” lawyer’s fees, and of purchasing a Land Cruiser at a price that was way beyond what it supposedly really cost,among others.
(Eagle News) — Sixteen lawmakers endorsed the impeachment complaint filed last month by Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption Chair Dante Jimenez and Vanguard of the Philippine Constitution Inc. president Eligio Mallari against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. 1-Pacman Rep. Enrico Pineda, Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone,Yacap Rep. Benhur Lopez Jr., Negros Oriental Rep. Arnulfo Teves Jr., Iloilo City Rep. Jerry Treñas, Manila Teachers Rep. Virgilio Lacson, Biliran Rep. Rogelio Espina, Iloilo Rep. Arthur Defensor Jr., Iloilo […]
(Eagle News) — A lawyer on Wednesday filed an impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno for alleged betrayal of public trust, among others. Twenty-five members of the House of Representatives endorsed lawyer Larry Gadon’s complaint, which he earlier said would have endorsements from at least 10 lawmakers. Earlier, the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption and the Vanguard of the Philippine Constitution Inc. filed an impeachment complaint against Sereno after she allegedly violated the […]
(Eagle News) — Take a leave of absence or resign. This was the message of the six commissioners of the Commission on Elections to their embattled chief, Andres Bautista. In a statement on Thursday, Commissioners Christian Robert Lim, Rowena Guanzon, Luie Tito Guia, Arthur Lim, Sheriff Abas and Al Parreno urged Bautista to do either or “for the sake of his career, and most importantly, for the sake of his family, particularly his four innocent […]
