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(Eagle News)–The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court for a 60-day extension for the government to comply with the High Court’s ordered submission of documents pertaining to the war on drugs. The OSG made the request to extend the deadline from April 26, 2018 to June 25, 2018, even if it submitted over 20 case folders in compliance with the SC April 3 directive. The directive stemmed from the two petitions filed before […]
(Eagle News) — A group of lawyers on Tuesday, May 15, staged a protest in front of the Supreme Court to condemn the high court’s decision to oust Maria Lourdes Sereno from the chief justice post. Former Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares, Atty. Edre Olalia and Free Legal Assistance Group chairman Jose Manuel Diokno joined the protest staged by the National Union of People’s Lawyer. Protesters wore black armbands and held up black posters to […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday, May 15, expressed doubts the Supreme Court would reverse its decision nullifying the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. “I will not speculate po ano. Hindi po dapat mag-speculate dahil ‘yan po ay tanging hukuman lang po ang makakasagot…Pero, with the decision (of SC on quo warranto petition) which is more than 150 pages, parang mahirap po ‘ata yon (ma-reverse),” Roque said. He said […]
(Eagle News)– Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno took to online media to “introduce (herself)” to the public days after her appointment as chief magistrate was nullified. In YouTube posts titled “Ang Patotoo ni CJ Maria Lourdes Sereno” Part 1 and Part 2 on Sunday, May 13, Sereno, clad in a white blazer and seated against the backdrop of paintings and what appeared to be pictures of her family, talked about herself and “what […]
(Eagle News) — In its landmark decision against Maria Lourdes Sereno, the Supreme Court explained when a quo warranto petition can be resorted to against public officials, and made a distinction between the legal resort and impeachment, which some have argued was the only constitutional way to remove an impeachable official like the Chief Justice. In its 153-page decision, the Supreme Court said a quo warranto petition “as a remedy to oust a public official” […]
(Eagle News) — In a landmark ruling that has “far-reaching implications,” the Supreme Court said that impeachable government officials, including those appointed in office, are subject to review by the highest court of the land, especially those whose qualifications and eligibility are found to be lacking. “This is an opportune time for this Court to exact accountability by examining whether there was been strict compliance with the legal and procedural requirements in the appointment […]
(Eagle News) – “No one is above the law and the Constitution, not even a Chief Justice who took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution and obey the laws of the land.” Thus said the 153-page decision of Supreme Court penned by Associate Justice Noel Tijam that was concurred in by seven other justices, ousting and effectively disqualifying Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice on Friday, May 11 – a first in […]
(Eagle News) — Majority of the justices of the Supreme Court voted that the quo warranto petition is the “proper remedy” regarding the violations on the filing of the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) of ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Voting 9-5, the Supreme Court justices who said that quo warranto is the “proper remedy” were Presbitero Velasco, Teresita Leonardo De Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Francis Jardeleza, Samuel Martires, […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate is “the one and only impeachment court.” This is according to Senate President Koko Pimentel, who issued a statement hours after the Supreme Court en banc voted to nullify the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. “The Chief Justice is an ‘impeachable official’ who can be removed only after impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate,” Pimentel said. According to Pimentel, the SC “is supreme in a […]
(Eagle News)– “A legal abomination.” This was how Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen described the quo warranto petition that led the Supreme Court to decide to declare nullified the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice on Friday, May 11. In a Tweet that likely quoted his dissenting opinion hours after the High Court decision was issued, Leonen said the petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida “should have been dismissed outright and […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Friday, May 11, slammed the decision of the Supreme Court to declare the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice nullified. “Kung ang batas at malinaw na, di na kailangan ipaliwanag pa. Klaro ang nasa Saligang Batas: ang impeachable officer, sa pamamagitan lang ng impeachment maaalis sa puwesto,” Aquino, who appointed Sereno as chief magistrate, said in a statement. According to Aquino, “kung anuman ang […]
(Eagle News) – Vice President Leni Robredo came out with a statement on Friday, May 11 claiming that the Supreme Court had already been “compromised” when it ousted Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice based on the quo warranto petition filed against her by the Office of the Solicitor General. Reading her statement before the press, Robredo said that she was worried with the Supreme Court’s decision as it “raised questions” about its […]
