“This might end your career.”Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno allegedly said this to Supreme Court Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr. as she scolded him for setting up a courtesy call with President Rodrigo Duterte when he was still the presiding justice of the Court of Appeals. Reyes recounted the incident during the House justice committee’s 11th hearing on the impeachment complaint against Sereno. You make it appear we are not doing anything here in the Supreme Court,’” he said. Show cause orderBut Sereno supposedly directed him to prepare a letter “explaining my actions as presiding justice,” because “the en banc is not happy” with the courtesy calls made by the justices of the appeals court and Sandiganbayan. ADVERTISEMENTAssociate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro said Sereno did propose to the justices sitting in full court that a show cause order be issued against the justices who visited the Palace.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 29, 2018 23:03 UTC