Sereno refuses to resign; says she’ll fight ’til the end

The embattled Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno will not step down as she vows anew to continue the fight until the very end of her impeachment case.

“I will not resign… I am determined to wage, ’til the logical end, this battle started by those who seek to undermine the Constitution and the judiciary. I am resolute in carrying on the good and noble fight for judicial independence,” Sereno said in a press conference at the University of the Philippines – Diliman on Monday.

The top magistrate explained that she still hasn’t started giving her side of the story and stepping down would only result in another victim.

Sereno stressed this mess wasn’t her initiative and for the sake of the Motherland, she said “I have to fight this, so that this injustice will not be repeated to others.

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This, after the Supreme Court employees and judges organizations on Monday called her to resign from her post.