The Manila Times

VACC leads bid to impeach Sereno

- LLANESCA T. PANTI AND JOMAR CANLAS

her staff during foreign trips, preventing lower courts from issuing warrants of arrest against million bulletproo­f vehicle, falsifying a temporary restrainin­g order involving the dispute over who are the legitimate party-list representa­tives of the Coalition of Associatio­ns of Senior Citi - ing to declare in her statement of assets, liabilitie­s and net worth fees as government counsel in the internatio­nal arbitratio­n case and manipulati­ng the shortlist of the Judicial and Bar Council to exclude then Solicitor General personal and political reasons, thereby curtailing the President’s

“I believe in the strength of the complaint because the witnesses of her impeachabl­e offenses are the Supreme Court justices themselves,” Jacinto Paras, a former congressma­n and one of the legal

Sereno has yet to read the complaints for impeachmen­t against her, said court spokesman

“Let’s allow her some time to if there’s a statement to be issued,”

Endorsers needed

an impeachmen­t complaint can - - resentativ­es, without an endorser

A single endorsemen­t is enough to initiate impeach

“A lot of lawmakers want to sign number of them, but they want to have at least 10 who will sign it so gather enough, it could be a go by

“The lawmakers that I was will be the ones who will make the rounds [to gather signatures

This was the same reason Duterte supporters Bruce Rivera and Trixie Angeles cited in explaining why their impeachmen­t Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo in

The Robredo complaint did not prosper as it was not endorsed by

admitted that an endorsemen­t would be necessary for their im

“Of course, we expect the lawmakers to take a look on the merits of this case and make the necessary

Best evidence

Philippine Constituti­on said the best evidence against Sereno

“We can just subpoena all the Supreme Court records to prove

The late Renato Corona is the impeachmen­t court in May 2012 for his supposed non-declaratio­n of millions of pesos worth of assets

following complicati­ons of a

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