In a letter to President Duterte, Sereno said only the Supreme Court was authorized to discipline members of the judiciary. Judge probedSereno disclosed the court was quietly investigating a judge for possible illegal drug activity, but she said he was not on the Duterte list. She cautioned judges named by Mr. Duterte in a rambling speech televised nationwide shortly after midnight on Sunday, against submitting themselves to investigation by the Philippine National Police, as he had directed. WARNING of a potential constitutional crisis, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Monday questioned allegations that seven judges had been involved in illegal drugs. Sereno said 26 judges had been assassinated since 1999, many of them victims of crime lords.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 08, 2016 15:56 UTC