MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives will insist on its exclusive jurisdiction over the impeachment case against Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, and will not allow a repeat of what happened to ousted former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, a lawmaker said on Thursday.
Sereno was impeached via quo warranto petition last May 11, 2018 for lack of proven integrity for failing to file her statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) when she was a law professor at University of the Philippines.
“I believe that the Supreme Court will not commit the same mistake of having quo …
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