Solicitor General Jose Calida did what Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez suggested a week ago — bring the fight against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to the Supreme Court. “We are asking [Sereno], ‘By what authority is she holding the position of Chief Justice?’ She violated the constitutional requirements for eligibility,” he told reporters. ADVERTISEMENTHe said Sereno filed her SALN only in 1998, 2002 and 2006 during her 20 years as a faculty member of the University of the Philippines College of Law. He added that resolving issues regarding Sereno’s authority would be faster through a quo warranto petition than impeachment proceedings. Calida filed the petition barely a week after 13 magistrates forced Sereno to take an indefinite leave amid the controversies surrounding her impeachment.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 05, 2018 23:26 UTC