House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas said he is inclined to wait for the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) on the quo warranto case against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno before the plenary decides on her impeachment case. ADVERTISEMENTAfter all, he said the natural processing time of the impeachment case would allow them to wait for the decision of the High Court on the petition to nullify Sereno’s appointment. On or after May 14… that’s the soonest na we could take this up sa plenary, and by May tapos na SC decision nun,” he explained. On or after May 14… that the soonest that we could take this up at the plenary and by May the SC decision is already done.) The plenary would then vote if the impeachment complaint would prosper and would be transmitted to Senate, which would sit an impeachment tribunal.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 06, 2018 05:15 UTC