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(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 […]
Cites experience as prosecutor during then-CJ Corona’s impeachment trial to boost his argument (Eagle News) — House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas advised members of the House justice panel to “pick only a few” allegations to be included in the articles of impeachment against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. To boost his argument, Fariñas recalled how he and 10 other prosecutors in the impeachment of then-Chief Justice Renato Corona were “laughed at” during his trial before the Senate sitting […]
(Eagle News) – Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno lectured on the importance of democracy and rule of law, a day before the House Justice committee was slated to vote on whether there was probable cause for the impeachment complaint filed against her. Speaking in a forum at St. Scholastica’s College in Manila on Wednesday, March 7, the embattled Chief Justice said “the current state of the nation is one where perceived enemies of the dominant order […]
(Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said there was a possibility the Supreme Court, and not the Senate, would decide Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s fate. “The possibility of the impeachment not going through is there. Why? Because of the statement of the leaders of the House of Representatives is that they will wait for the Supreme Court resolution,” Drilon told reporters. Drilon was referring to the resolution on the quo warranto petition […]
(Eagle News) – Members of the media were shown the design of the robe or “toga” which the senators will wear in the expected impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno where they will serve as judges. Based on the design approved by Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, the toga will be black and the clothing material will be wool. It will have no zipper, but will have strings and a […]
https://youtu.be/8bxT3v5shQY (Eagle News) – The leadership of the House of Representatives said that they can only begin to take up the matter of the impeachment complaint filed against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno after Congress returns from the scheduled break on May 14. Both House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and House Majority Floor Leader Rodolfo Farinas said that Congress would soon be going on a break and that the Supreme Court might be […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday junked the petition filed by lawyer Oliver Lozano seeking to declare void the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. In a press conference, SC spokesperson Theodore Te said the dismissal was for failure to “provide substantial allegations to justify a cause of action.” Lozano had said the high court should nullify Sereno’s appointment “in the paramount interest of public welfare.” Sereno has been on leave since […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel on Tuesday said the Upper House was “80 to 90” percent ready with its rules if the venue for impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is transferred there. In a radio interview, Pimentel said he still has a “series of meetings” before the draft of the rules is finalized. “Kung ano ang nangyari (sa impeachment trial nina) Chief Justice Renato Corona,President Joseph Estrada, kung may rule […]
(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 Office of the Solicitor General on Monday, March 5, filed a quo warranto position against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno before the high court itself, saying she was ineligible to hold the position in the first place. This was after the recent discovery that she had failed to file the required Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth or SALN. She actually was required to file more of […]
(Eagle News)–The House justice panel has begun drafting the articles of impeachment against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno for transmittal to the Senate. “Napakaimportante kasi kung ano yung porma, apat na grounds, which would fall under the four grounds. Yun yung ginagawa,” panel chair Rep. Rey Umali said in an interview over dzbb. He said based on hearings held by the committee, there was evidence to back all allegations except the allegation Sereno ordered a […]
(Eagle News) — Lawyer Oliver Lozano on Friday asked the Supreme Court to declare void the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. In asking for the declaration in his four-page petition, Lozano said any public official “should be above reproach and suspicion..” He noted Sereno’s alleged failure to comply with the “mandatory legal requirements” for her appointment, apparently referring to the Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth Sereno failed to submit when […]
