Tag: impeachment complaints

Calida lauds House justice panel’s dismissal of impeach complaints vs De Castro, others

(Eagle News) –Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday, Sept. 11, lauded the House justice panel’s dismissal of the impeachment complaints filed against the seven Supreme Court justices who voted to oust Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. “The (Office of the Solicitor General) and the Filipino people laud the House Committee on Justice for junking these frivolous impeachment cases against the ‘True Magnificent Seven’ who just performed their solemn duty of interpreting the Constitution even […]

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House justice panel junks impeachment complaints vs De Castro, others

(Eagle News)–The House justice panel has junked the impeachment complaints filed against seven Supreme Court justices who voted for the ouster of then-Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. With a vote of 23-1, members of the panel declared as insufficient in substance the complaints against  now-Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, Justices Lucas Bersamin, Francis Jardeleza, Andres Reyes Jr., Alexander Gesmundo, and Noel Tijam. The panel had earlier found the complaints filed by several opposition lawmakers including […]

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JUST IN: House panel finds impeachment complaints vs De Castro, others sufficient in form

(Eagle News)-The House committee on justice on Tuesday, Sept. 4, found the impeachment complaints filed against now-Chief Justice Teresita De Castro and other justices who voted to oust Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Magistrate sufficient in form. Twenty-one members voted to approve the motion to find sufficiency in form in the complaints filed  by opposition lawmakers led by Rep.Edcel Lagman against  De Castro, SC Justices Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Andres Reyes, Francis Jardeleza, Noel Tijam and […]

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Calida: Impeachment complaints vs 7 SC justices who voted for Sereno ouster “will not see light of day”

(Eagle News) — For Solicitor General Jose Calida, the impeachment complaints filed against the seven associate justices who voted for the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice “will not see the light of day.” According to Calida, if the “logic” of the lawmakers who filed the complaints against Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Francis Jardeleza, Noel Tijam, Andres Reyes Jr., and Alexander Gesmundo is to be followed, “then all Justices, […]

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Palace confident impeachment complaints vs 7 SC justices who voted for Sereno ouster will be junked

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Aug. 24, expressed confidence the impeachment complaints filed against the seven Supreme Court justices who voted for the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice will be dismissed. “Naniniwala po kami na walang merito iyan at inaasahan namin na mababasura kaagad iyan ng Committee on Justice,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in an interview over radio dzRH. According to Roque, it was the SC’s mandate to act […]

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Guevarra contradicts Lagman: JBC member says impeach raps vs De Castro, others have no effect on their nomination for CJ post

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service For Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the impeachment complaints filed against four candidates vying for the Chief Justice post have no effect on their nomination. In issuing the statement, Guevarra, also a member of the Judicial and Bar Council, contradicted Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, who said Supreme Court Justices Lucas Bersamin, Teresita De Castro, Diosdado Peralta and Andres Reyes Jr. would be disqualified from vying for the post left vacated […]

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Lagman: Four candidates to be disqualified from vying for Chief Justice post following impeachment complaints filed vs them

(Eagle News) — Four of the five candidates for  Chief Justice will automatically be disqualified from vying for the post in the wake of the filing of impeachment complaints against them, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said on Thursday, Aug. 23. According to Lagman,  under the rules of the Judicial and Bar Council, “an applicant who has a pending case is disqualified from being nominated or appointed to any position in the judiciary.” Of the seven […]

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House Justice Committee ready to hear impeachment complaints against VP Binay

According to House Justice Committee Chairman Niel Tupas Jr., he received information that impeachment complaints are being readied against Vice President Binay brought about by the issue of the over-priced building in Makati. Tupas, however, withhold the name of his source of information. Tupas added that once the complaint reaches the Justice Committee, it will be automatically heard. Lastly, Tupas said that the House should focus on priority bills and not on impeachment complaints.

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