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(Eagle News) — Thirteen applicants for the position of Chief Justice failed to submit the required number of Statements of Asset, Liabilities and Net Worth. This is according to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s camp, who appeared to have admitted in a statement on Monday that she herself had failed to submit her SALNs at one point. “The submission of all SALNs for those in government was a requirement which the JBC can waive and […]
(Eagle News) – “We have made history here in defining the impeachment process in the House of Representatives.” This was how House committee on justice chair Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali described how the house panel had so far handled deliberations on the impeachment complaint, as well as the crafting of the articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno which 33 lawmakers had voted to approve. The 56-page articles of […]
(Eagle News) — House Justice committee chair Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali on Monday expressed confidence there would be sufficient votes for the draft articles of impeachment and the committee report against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno at the plenary. “The writing is already on the wall. It will not be difficult to obtain the one-third vote,” Umali said. A vote of one-third of House members is needed to send the impeachment complaint to the Senate, […]
(Eagle News) – Senate Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon said that it is possible that the Senate would no longer proceed with the impeachment trial of controversial Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. This is if the tribunal decides to take on the quo warranto case against her. “In my view, it is entirely possible that the impeachment court becomes academic, because if the Supreme Court takes the position that they can entertain the quo […]
(Eagle News) – Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno insisted she will not resign and will continue her fight to be heard in the impeachment trial that will happen in the Senate until the end. “I will not resign,” said a defiant Sereno who is on indefinite leave since March 1, 2018. “I am determined to wage until the logical end this battle started by those who seek to undermine the constitution and the […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Judges and court employees nationwide on Monday, March 12, called for the immediate resignation of on-leave Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, saying that she should make this sactifice to preserve the integrity of the tribunal. The call was made by the Philippine Judges Association President and Marikina RTC Judge Felix Reyes, Supreme Court Employees Association (SCEA), Supreme Court Assembly of Lawyer Employees (SCALE), the […]
(Eagle News) – Stop interfering. Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno had this to say to politicians who she claimed were “harassing” her and therefore encroaching in judicial independence. In a speech at the Panpacific University in Pangasinan on Friday, March 9, Sereno, wearing an all-black outfit, even appeared to liken herself to Captain America in the movie “The Avengers: Civil War,” to the protagonists of “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,” and to the main character […]
(Eagle News) — In the House Committee on Justice’s voting on the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, 38 lawmakers overwhelmingly voted that they found probable cause to impeach the chief magistrate, while only two lawmakers voted against it. Justice Committee Chair Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali, called for the vote, and did not participate in the voting. Interestingly, the two lawmakers who voted against the majority vote — Quezon […]
But Associate Justice De Castro calls out Sereno in same event: “That’s sub judice” (Eagle News) – “I will not yield.” Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno had this to say on Thursday, barely an hour before the House Committee on Justice, voting 38-2, found probable cause to impeach her. “The oath that I have taken is to protect the Constitution, the independence of the judiciary, and to take a stand for every judge whose freedom […]
(Eagle News) – Voting 38-2, the House Committee on Justice on Thursday, March 8, found “probable cause to impeach” Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. This was announced by House Committee on Justice chair Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali who also stressed how the proceedings in the case were very much different from what happened with the impeachment of the late Chief Justice Renato Corona. Umali earlier announced that the voting was 37-2, […]
(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) – 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 […]
