President Rodrigo Duterte has no right to order Congress to expedite the impeachment of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Catholic bishops said on Tuesday. “How can [Mr. Duterte] order Congress? Is there not a separation of powers? Blaming others“The President, as party chair of the PDP-Laban, called for the impeachment of Chief Justice Sereno. No rightSorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes said the President had no right to order Congress, an independent institution, to hasten the impeachment of Sereno.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 10, 2018 23:26 UTC