Carpio declines chief justice post

ACTING Chief Justice Antonio Carpio will “decline any nomination” for the top post at the Supreme

decision of majority of his colleagues, who granted the quowarranto petition that removed Maria Lourdes Sereno.

“I have to be consistent with my position that the quo warranto is not the proper way to remove a sitting

the decision [with] which I disagree. But I will have

to implement it because I’m the temporary head of the institution,” Carpio said in an interview with “Headstart” host Karen Davila on ABS-CBN News Channel on Wednesday.

Carpio, who will retire in 2019,

- istrates, against the quo warranto petition, which Solicitor General

as Chief Justice, citing her “lack of integrity” and failure to complete the submission of her Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN), a primary requirement by the Judicial and Bar Council.

The JBC screens nominees for judicial positions, including the Supreme Court.

Carpio had argued that Sereno

through impeachment as provided under the 1987 Constitution.

Impeachment proceedings at the House of Representatives were

quo warranto petition.

The House justice committee had determined that there was probable cause to impeach Sereno and was about to elevate the case to the