(Eagle News) –The Supreme Court was “correct” in its decision to nullify Maria Lourdes Sereno’s appointment as Chief Justice, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said. According to Guevarra though, there was a need to make the rules clear so as to “avoid a similar situation in the future.” “Now the Constitution is proposed to be amended, we’d rather make it very clear in the Constitution that the only way — only way — to remove impeachable […]
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Sereno still undecided on whether or not to run for public office
(Eagle News) — Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Tuesday, June 19, said she had yet to decide whether she would run for public office in 2019. In a television interview, Sereno said an announcement on what her decision was would be made “at the right time.” “Some people believe it should be in the halls of the Senate where that voice is heard. Some others are saying, ‘No, no, it must be always […]
UPDATED: Sereno appeals SC decision nullifying her appointment as Chief Justice
(Eagle News) — Maria Lourdes Sereno on Wednesday, May 30, filed a motion for reconsideration of the Supreme Court ruling nullifying her appointment as Chief Justice. It was Sereno’s lawyers, and not Sereno herself, who filed the MR of the May 11 decision past 4 p.m. before the High Court. In the 205-page motion for reconsideration, Sereno argued that the May 11 SC decision should be reversed as, among others, her right to due process was […]





