THE ouster of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is guaranteed following President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to fast-track her impeachment, lawmakers said on Tuesday. When a party leader says that the chief justice should be impeached, then that would be the result,” Nograles said in a television interview. “I am a member of the justice committee and I voted for the approval of the articles of impeachment [against Sereno],” he said. “I have never been a fan of the Chief Justice. “The President, as party chairman of PDP-Laban, called for the impeachment of Chief Justice Sereno,” Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said.

Source: Manila Times April 10, 2018 16:18 UTC