The Supreme Court (SC) is poised to make final and executory its decision issued last month ousting Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. The chief justice questioned the high court’s ruling in May granting the Quo Warranto petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida. The solicitor general claimed that Sereno’s appointment as chief justice was void because she did not file her complete Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) as required by the Judicial and Bar Council. Sources said the 20-page draft resolution written by Tijam dismissing Sereno’s appeal was distributed to the other magistrates on Friday. Sereno knows about it when she was still in the Supreme Court,” the source pointed out.

Source: Manila Times June 03, 2018 16:41 UTC