Francis Jardeleza

MANILA – House Justice Committee chair Salvador “Doy” Leachon has defended Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over accusations of meddling with other legislators following the dismissal of the consolidated complaint against the seven Supreme…

Albay first-district Rep. Edcel Lagman joined the call of his ally, Akbayan partylist Rep. Tom Villarin, to impeach the eight Supreme Court magistrates to remove Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno through a quo warranto action.

“The majority of the Supreme Court justices can be supreme even in their error.”

House committee on justice chairman Rey Umali commended three Supreme Court justices and one retired justice for submitting themselves as witnesses in the impeachment proceeding against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.

No Supreme Court justice is expected to appear in tomorrow’s impeachment hearing against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, as the justices have opted to wait until the court promulgates its earlier decision to allow them to take part in…