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(Eagle News) — A lawmaker on Wednesday slammed lawyer Larry Gadon for saying the Makabayan bloc and other groups have no legal standing to question the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. In a statement on Wednesday, Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said “as he is wont to do,” Gadon “did not read the pleading in intervention that we filed where our standing or right to intervene as legislators and […]
Calida says “it appears she fabricated her 2006 SALN” for her Associate Justice post application in 2010, among others (Eagle News)–Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday accused Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno of deliberately misleading the Judicial and Bar Council with a “litany of falsehoods,” including her alleged fabrication of a Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth during her application for Associate Justice in 2010. In a statement, Calida said that “when Sereno resigned […]
(Eagle News) — High-ranking officials of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines on Friday asked the Supreme Court for them to be allowed to intervene to ask for the dismissal of the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. In seeking for the dismissal of the petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida, the IBP argued that it was “fatally flawed because the allegations therein are clear that the (Judicial and Bar […]
(Eagle News) — Several individuals–including left-leaning lawmakers— asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to junk the quo warranto petition seeking to have the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice annulled. The motions for intervention and an opposition-in-intervention were jointly filed by Makabayan bloc members Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, ACT Teachers Partylist Reps. Antonio Tinio and Francisca Castro, Anakpawis Party-list Rep. Ariel Casilao, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Sarah Jane Elago, and Gabriela Women’s Party Reps. Emerenciana […]
(Eagle News) — A lawyer has asked the Supreme Court to compel Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to submit her allegedly missing Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth and show proof she passed the psychological exam when she was applying for the post. According to Romeo Igot, if Sereno failed to do this, the SC should declare void her appointment as top magistrate. “…With all due respect, to allow a situation like this to […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday refused to specifically call on Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to resign, saying it was a decision “to be made” by her alone. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, however, expressed hope Sereno would “(take) into consideration the sentiments of everyone, all the stakeholders.” “So far, her colleagues have asked her to go on indefinite leave and the lower court judges have asked her to resign,” Roque said. Roque issued the […]
(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 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, […]
