“I will not bow down to the powers that be,” Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said on Monday, suggesting that President Rodrigo Duterte is behind the moves to remove her from office. You must explain to the people: Why this unconstitutional act?” Sereno said. He was not present in any [Supreme Court] activities, yet he said under oath that his information about what I’ve done is based on personal knowledge,” she said. Sereno slammed Calida for his “laughable” attempts to fish through her records from her days as an assistant professor at the University of the Philippines. As for the mounting calls for her to resign, Sereno said: “For what reason, simply because they do not like me?

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 09, 2018 23:26 UTC