Published: 2:37 p.m., April 9, 2018 | Updated: 4:29 p.m., April 9, 2018House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is bound to heed the order of President Rodrigo Duterte to fast-track the impeachment process against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. “It will be done once we resume sessions,” Alvarez told INQUIRER.net in a text message on Monday, moments after the President said he would ask the House of Representatives to impeach Sereno right away. And after that, I will request Congress go to the impeachment right away,” he added. Duterte also said he would ask Alvarez to expedite the impeachment proceedings against the top magistrate, saying she was “bad for the Philippines.”Congress is currently on a break and will resume its session on May 14. The articles of impeachment against Sereno are currently pending before the House, as it awaits its deliberations and approval by the plenary.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 09, 2018 06:33 UTC