{"id":121221,"date":"2017-10-04T04:34:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T08:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=121221"},"modified":"2017-10-04T04:41:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T08:41:12","slug":"morales-sereno-have-no-reason-to-resign-de-lima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/04\/morales-sereno-have-no-reason-to-resign-de-lima\/","title":{"rendered":"Morales, Sereno have no reason to resign\u2014De Lima"},"content":{"rendered":"
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De Lima said Duterte\u2019s challenge for Morales and Sereno to quit with him indicated that the president is \u201cin panic.\u201d (Photo<\/a>: Leila de Lima\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite the challenge of President Rodrigo Duterte for the three of them to resign altogether, detained Senator Leila De Lima said Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales and Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno have no reason to step down from office.<\/p>\n

De Lima, a staunch Duterte critic, said that Morales and Sereno are \u201ctwo women with balls\u00a0that even men in the time of Duterte have lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Duterte challenging OMB Morales and CJ Sereno to resign with him is neither here nor there\u2026The two have no reason to resign. They are perfectly in-sync with reality performing their jobs,\u201d De Lima said.<\/p>\n

“While Duterte continues to suffer from a mental disorder of epic proportions,” she added.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Duterte challenged Morales and Sereno to\u00a0leave their posts with him as he\u00a0promised to snob the investigation\u00a0of the Ombudsman on his alleged ill-gotten wealth, saying it’s “a lousy thing.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI challenge the two, we will go to Congress, in a simple ceremony, we sign the letter of resignation. Then let us open all the books, including yours,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n

It can also be recalled that Duterte accused both Morales and Sereno of corruption.<\/p>\n

The president also slammed\u00a0the Ombudsman for \u201cselective justice,\u201d\u00a0saying that while\u00a0the latter is investigating on former’s unexplained wealth, it\u00a0has also looked on similar complaints involving other government officials in the past.<\/p>\n

However, De Lima said Duterte\u2019s\u00a0challenge for Morales and Sereno to quit with him\u00a0indicated that the president is \u201cin panic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is, in military jargon for a general gone berserk, on a scorched-earth policy. Like General Jake ‘Howling’ Smith of his favorite Balangiga Bells, he is on a kill-and-burn rampage,\u201d De Lima added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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