Five associate justices of the Supreme Court (SC) have refused to recuse themselves from participating in the proceedings on the quo warranto petition to oust Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. The five magistrates were Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo De Castro, Noel Tijam, Lucas Bersamin, Diosdado Peralta and Francis Jardeleza. “All motions for inhibition were denied for lack of merit. All justices will explain their decision together with the resolution of this case,” Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, now acting Chief Justice said at the start of the oral argument on the quo warranto case in Baguio City. /jpvRELATED STORY5 SC justices won’t inhibit selves in petition vs Sereno

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 10, 2018 06:22 UTC