{"id":157245,"date":"2018-03-19T04:06:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T08:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=157245"},"modified":"2025-03-07T14:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:12:13","slug":"sereno-camp-expects-impeachment-draft-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/19\/sereno-camp-expects-impeachment-draft-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Sereno camp expects impeachment draft approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_146340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146340\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/11-29-17-2-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146340\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/11-29-17-2-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo by Supreme Court of the Philippines)\" width=\"598\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/11-29-17-2-1-1.jpg 598w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/11-29-17-2-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: CJ Maria Lourdes Sereno (<a href=\"http:\/\/sc.judiciary.gov.ph\/\">Photo by Supreme Court of the Philippines<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the House of Representatives Committee on Justice approved six article drafts of the impeachment against the high magistrate on March 19, her camp said that they expected this outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee report, as predicted, sets forth matters that are either contrary to evidence presented to the committee or manifestly biased or one-sided, and that fail to rise to the level of impeachable offenses,\u201d one of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno\u2019s spokespersons, Jose Deinla said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Deinla, the vote was expected and anticipated by their camp.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, she added that Sereno was \u201ceagerly waiting\u201d for the impeachment hearings to escalate to the upper chamber of the congress \u2013 hoping for a \u201cfair trial.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy soft cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/delineation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/soft-cialis.html\">https:\/\/delineation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/soft-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u201d The high magistrate is also \u201cthoroughly and fully\u201d preparing her defense for the Senate, the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy xifaxan online <a href=\"https:\/\/delineation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/xifaxan.html\">https:\/\/delineation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/xifaxan.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Monday, the Justice panel headed by Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali approved 24 out of 27 allegations cited by impeachment complainant Attorney Lorenzo \u201cLarry\u201d Gadon.<\/p>\n<p>(Read: House panel approves impeachment articles vs Sereno)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe articles of impeachment will be the foundation in prosecuting this impeachment case before the Senate as an impeachment court,\u201d the Oriental Mindoro congressman said.<\/p>\n<p>He then added, \u201cThese six articles [of impeachment] are anchored on strong evidence \u2013 documentary and testimonial that will stand trial. They are rooted from the finding of psychological and mental disorder of the Chief Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A majority of 33 of the Justice Committee voted for the approval, with only one dissenter \u2013 Quezon City Representative Jose Christopher Belmonte.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint against Sereno had four grounds for impeachment namely, culpable violation of the Constitution, corruption, betrayal of public trust, and other high crimes.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy levitra soft online <a href=\"https:\/\/delineation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-soft.html\">https:\/\/delineation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-soft.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Sereno, since March 1, has gone on an indefinite leave but remained firm with her defenses and stance regarding the impeachment complaint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the House of Representatives Committee on Justice approved six article drafts of the impeachment against the high magistrate on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":146340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[34568,48597,13663],"class_list":["post-157245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-jose-deinla","tag-marial-lourdes-sereno","tag-reynaldo-umali","mauthors-bea-kirstein-t-manalaysay","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287618,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157245\/revisions\/287618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}