Sereno’s ‘illegal’ appointee resigns

BRENDA Jay Angeles-Mendoza, the alleged illegal appointee of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, has resigned Philippine Judicial Academy’s Philippine Mediation Center Office (PMCO) after being dragged into the impeachment complaint against the head of the judiciary.

In a one-page letter to the high court dated February 20, 2018, Mendoza said she was quitting for personal and professional reasons.

The appointment of Mendoza was questioned by Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro, who said it was not approved by the SC enbanc. “I respectfully tender my