The House must then deliberate whether to impeach Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno by a vote of at least 30 percent of its 296 legislators. Six of the eight impeachable acts allegedly committed by Corona were actually decisions and actions by the Supreme Court, not the Chief Justice alone. That is not just falsification of public documents, but culpable violation of the Constitution in arrogating to oneself the powers granted to Congress and the Supreme Court, not their heads alone. For Article 3: Did she issue resolutions and orders, and make alterations and insertions in them that the Supreme Court were never approved as a body? On Article 1, House justice committee chairman Reynaldo Umali believes it is the strongest charge.

Source: Manila Times March 19, 2018 16:18 UTC