Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed her support for Chief Justice on-leave Maria Lourdes Sereno, who is fighting off a quo warranto petition filed against her by Solicitor General Jose Calida before the Supreme Court (SC). It weaponizes the courts and if we allow it, a quo warranto can be used as a weapon of intimidation, to kill dissent,” Robredo noted. ADVERTISEMENT“The quo warranto case against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, should it succeed, can be the final blow to the ideal of justice we all depend on,” she also said. The vice president also vowed to uphold the rule of law amid “threats against the country’s democratic institutions.”“As your duly-elected Vice President, I took an oath to defend the Constitution. You can count on me to do everything in my power to right this wrong, should it ever come to pass,” Robredo said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 07, 2018 06:00 UTC