Sereno is the second Chief Justice in a row to be ousted. Te told reporters the justices voted 8-6 in approving the quo warranto petition, which Calida filed on March 5 after suspended lawyer Eligio Mallari requested him to go after Sereno. ‘Disqualified, guilty’“Sereno is found disqualified from and is hereby adjudged guilty of unlawfully holding and exercising the Office of the Chief Justice,” Te said, quoting the majority decision penned by Associate Justice Noel Tijam. Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justices Presbitero Velasco Jr., Marvic Leonen, Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa, Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Mariano del Castillo voted to toss out the petition. Tijam, the source added, also moved to discard the seven other judicial matters on the agenda and just tackle the quo warranto case.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 11, 2018 23:15 UTC