UpdateMANILA — In what could be a showdown between the two co-equal branches of government, President Duterte slammed Chief Justice Ma. It’s just my word against the others because I have a duty to tell the public,” Mr. Duterte said. Lourdes Sereno, on Tuesday, for insinuating that his decision to name “narco-judges” could lead to a constitutional crisis. Speaking before the military in Cagayan de Oro City, the sharp-tongued Chief Executive also raised the possibility of him declaring martial law to pursue his administration’s violent drug war. The President had planned to tell the Chief Justice that his words were not “accusatorial.”“It is not a criminal information.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 09, 2016 12:54 UTC