Sereno attacks critics in speech before women judges
March 8, 2018
Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno on Thursday attacked her critics in her speech before the annual convention of the Philippine Women Judges Association at the Manila Hotel. Sereno, who is on indefinite leave to prepare for her defense in the looming impeachment trial in the Senate, said the House committee on justice did not give her the opportunity to face her accusers. "All kinds of lies, threats, harassment and bullying have been thrown my way. But I will not yield," Sereno told the women judges. "I am fighting for our future as a freedom-loving nation; I am fighting for our honor as apostles of the Rule of Law. And because it is a fight that is worthy of all that I have, I will not throw in the towel; after all, my day is still to come at the Senate impeachment court," she declared. Sereno made the statement in the presence of most of the SC justices led by acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio who required her to answer the quo warranto petition filed by the Solicitor General seeking her ouster from the top judicial post due to invalid appointment in 2012.
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