Lawyer: 6 justices to testify vs Sereno

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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
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Wednesday. September 13, 2017
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MANILA – At least six Supreme Court justices will testify against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, said a lawyer who filed an impeachment case against the magistrate before the House of Representatives.

Aside from the three justices he earlier mentioned, three more expressed willingness to appear voluntarily before the impeachment court, Atty. Lorenzo Gadon said on Tuesday.

Mostly “senior associate justices,” these volunteer witnesses “just want to save the judiciary,” Gadon claimed.

Earlier Gadon said three magistrates are testifying against Sereno – two males and a female, whom he later identified as Senior Associate Justice Teresita Leornado-De Castro.

The House of Representatives justice committee under Rep. Reynaldo Umali is set to tackle Gadon’s impeachment complaint today.

In his complaint, Gadon alleged that Sereno did not declare in her statement of assets, liabilities and net worth the “exorbitant lawyer’s fees” of $745,000, or P37 million, she received from the government.

Sereno was also accused of falsifying a resolution and a restraining order in two pending cases filed before the Supreme Court.

She also prevented Court of Appeals justices from calling on the President, practiced favoritism and usurped the mandate of the high court, Gadon alleged.

Moreover, the chief justice prevailed upon a lower court judge not to issue an arrest warrant against Sen. Leila de Lima, added the lawyer.

In addition, Gadon said Sereno is guilty of corruption for extravagant spending.

According to Gadon, the chief justice bought a Toyota Land Cruiser worth P5.1 million and spent another P3 million to P4 million for bullet-proofing it; travelling and taking flights in business class; and spending P150,000 a night in a presidential suite in Boracay./PN
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