Justice de Castro may have sealed the fate of CJ Sereno

SUPREME Court Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro testified this week at the justice committee hearing of the House of Representatives for almost seven hours. And together with Court Administrator Midas Marquez, she - age to Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, and sealed Sereno’s fate in the impending impeachment.

Justice de Castro’s testimony came on the heels of what for some was a near-disastrous performance of the main complainant lawyer Larry Gadon. Defenders of Sereno pounced on Gadon on the single issue of having no personal knowledge of the offenses he was charging Sereno with. Even the testimony of the

court reporter, Jomar also a product of hearsay.

Then came Justice de Castro, who methodically, and in a motherly, schoolteacher-like fashion, detailed how Sereno undermined not only the internal rules of the high court,

- personal knowledge of the conduct of the chief justice, and who had testimony, the defenders of Sereno pounced on de Castro’s motives. Rocamora, Sereno’s defenders insinuate that Justice de Castro has President appointed Sereno who justice. Justice de Castro was also nominated for the post.