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(Eagle News) – House Justice Committee chair Reynaldo Umali said on Thursday, April 12, that the conduct of impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was a “priority” of the House of Representatives even before President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for Congress to “fast-track” the impeachment. “Iyan po talaga ang gagawin namin not because of the President’s pronouncement but because that is really a priority agenda of the House of Representatives,” Umali, who is also […]
(EagleENews)– Chief Justice on-leave Maria Lourdes Sereno on Tuesday, April 10, reiterated her position she “consistently” filed her Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth, under heated questioning from Associate Justice Teresita de Castro during quo warranto proceedings against the top magistrate. “I maintain I filed my SALNs,” Sereno said, citing the Doblada doctrine. At one point, De Castro asked Sereno why she did not submit to the Judicial and Bar Council her SALNs “at […]
Sereno slated to attend By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court is slated to hold oral arguments on the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Tuesday, April 10. For the first time, Sereno is slated to face her colleagues, some of whom testified against her in House impeachment proceedings against her. She snubbed the House proceedings. Sereno has asked Associate Justices Teresita de Castro, Noel Tijam, Bienvenido Reyes […]
(Eagle News)–“I will never forgive you.” Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said this was what Associate Justice Teresita de Castro told her when she accepted the top magistrate post in 2012. Speaking before an event organized by the Movement Against Tyranny, Sereno said De Castro, her senior who applied for the same position, even told her that “You should not even have applied in the first place.” According to Sereno, when she tried to mend her […]
“She is bad for the PHL,” Duterte says (Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, April 9, urged Congress to fast-track its impeachment of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, saying she is “bad for the Philippines.” President Duterte made the pronouncement in a speech prior to his departure for China, apparently irked that Sereno was linking him to ouster moves against her despite his denials. Earlier, Sereno asked Duterte to explain why it was Solicitor General […]
(Eagle News)–Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno will still attend the April 10 oral argument set for her quo warranto case even if the Supreme Court does not act on her manifestation that five justices inhibit themselves. This is according to Josa Deinla, SC spokesperson, who gave a radio interview on Sunday. “Talagang nagpasya si Chief Justice na pupunta siya personal at aattend sa hearing,” Deinla said. Deinla reiterated however that Sereno was not acknowledging that […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Wala umanong dahilan para mag-inhibit ang apat na mahistrado ng Korte Suprema sa gagawing oral arguments ukol sa inihaing quo warranto case laban kay Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Ayon kay Attorney Larry Gadon, complainant sa impeachment laban kay Sereno, walang grounds para mag-inhibit sina Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta, Francis Jardeleza, Noel Tijam at Lucas Bersamin na sinasabing hindi magiging patas sa pagdedesisyon sa usapin. Una rito hiniling ng kampo […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Supreme Court Chief Justice-on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno is asking four of the tribunal’s justices to “inhibit” from the quo warranto petition filed against her by the Office of the Solicitor General. Sereno filed a motion for inhibition against Associate Justices Noel Tijam, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Francis Jardeleza. Justice Tijam was the justice assigned to write whatever will be the decision on the […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – The Supreme Court set the oral arguments for the quo warranto petition against Chief Justice on-leave Maria Lourdes Sereno on April 10 at the tribunal’s session hall in Baguio City, and directed her to “personally appear” in the hearing. On its first en banc session, the Supreme Court set the hearing for the oral arguments on Tuesday, April 10 at 2 p.m., as the high court […]
(Eagle News) – Insisting that she can only be removed by impeachment, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno asked the Supreme Court to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and merit the quo warranto petition filed by the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) that claimed she was ineligible to be appointed as chief magistrate in 2012. In a 77-page comment to the quo warranto petition, Sereno, through her lawyers led by Alexander Poblador said that […]
(Eagle News) — The Makabayan bloc on Thursday slammed what it said was the “highly irregular impeachment process” that resulted in the House justice panel finding probable cause to impeach Chief Justice Maria Lourdes. The seven-member bloc said that “contrary to the position taken by the majority members of the committee on justice, the Gadon impeachment complaint failed to show probable cause that CJ Sereno committed any impeachable offense.” “In fact, the grounds for impeachment were […]
(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 […]
