Duterte was replying to a reporter’s question before flying on a visit to South Korea. He can go to hell,” Duterte said in a late-night televised news conference. Sereno’s ouster has generated “a climate of intimidation” in the 15-member high court and other levels of the judiciary, Garcia-Sayan said in an interview with The Associated Press in Manila. Sereno has appealed the ruling, citing a constitutional principle that top judiciary officials can only be removed by congressional impeachment. His dislike of Sereno “is not an attack to the judiciary or an affront to judicial independence,” Roque said.

Source: Washington Post June 03, 2018 05:02 UTC