Along with eight other justices, they forced Sereno to take an indefinite break from her work on the high court since March 1 to prepare for her expected impeachment trial in the Senate. One of the court sources told the Inquirer on Monday that the five justices submitted on Friday a draft resolution of their separate decisions denying Sereno’s petition for inhibition. ADVERTISEMENTJust conjectures“For Justice Tijam, the allegations the Chief Justice raised were just conjectures as they were not supported by sufficient evidence,” the source told the Inquirer. “Her statements merely tend to cast aspersion on the integrity and competence of the members of this court,” the court quoted Tijam’s draft resolution. “Justice Bersamin contends that the Chief Justice’s accusations [are] pure ‘speculations or deliberate distortions’ of the words he uttered at the House impeachment hearings,” the source said.

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