DAVAO CITY (May 13) —Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said it is not the character of President Rodrigo R. Duterte to dip his fingers in affairs of government agencies, specifically- the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno as the chief justice of the Supreme Court. “Alam mo, out of character sa Presidente ang nakikialam diyan […]
CJ Sereno ousted
SC Justices ousted Sereno
DAVAO CITY (May 11) — Voting 8-6, the Supreme Court Justices favored the the quo warranto petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was ousted, Friday May 11, 2018. Sereno is the first constitutional officer who was removed from office without an impeachment trial. The Supreme Court en banc […]