{"id":164007,"date":"2018-05-18T00:17:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T04:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=164007"},"modified":"2018-05-21T03:27:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T07:27:27","slug":"sereno-calls-on-duterte-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/18\/sereno-calls-on-duterte-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Sereno calls on Duterte to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ex-Chief<\/a>
The former top magistrate recalled a statement she made asking Duterte to admit that he had a hand in her outster (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A week after being ousted from her office, former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno dared the President to resign.<\/p>\n

Sereno during the Quo Vadis, Quo Warranto Forum at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) on May 17, Thursday called on President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to step down from his office, saying that through his mouth, he admitted that he was behind the removal from her post.<\/p>\n

The former top magistrate recalled a statement she made asking Duterte to admit that he had a hand in her ouster, stressing that Solicitor General Jose Calida will not file a case before the Supreme Court (SC) without his approval.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabihin mo sa taong bayan ang totoo\u2026 at anong sinabi niya? Ikaw ay aking kaaway at uutusan ko ang Kongresong tanggalin ka kaagad, sisiguraduhin ko pang tutulungan ko pa si <\/em>Ginoong Calida (Tell the citizens the truth\u2026 and what did he say? You are my enemy and I will ask the Congress to oust you immediately, I will even assure to help Mr. Calida),\u201d she said, referring to Duterte\u2019s counter-statement on April 9.<\/p>\n

(Read:\u00a0Duterte to Sereno: I\u2019m your enemy<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m putting you on notice that I\u2019m your enemy and you have to be out of the Supreme Court,\u201d Duterte earlier said in a press conference, adding, \u201cI will see to it and after that, I will request the Congress go into the impeachment right away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sereno went on by challenging the President\u2019s promise of resignation.<\/p>\n

\u201cMag-re<\/em>-resign daw siya, pang-ilang beses na po natin narinig na mag-re<\/em>-resign siya? Galing sa kanyang bibig ng pag-amin na siya ang pasimula at magpupursigi sa pagtanggal sa akin… Pwes, Ginoong Pangulo, mag<\/em>-resign ka na<\/em>! (He said he will resign, how many times have we hear him say that he will resign? Admitting straight from his mouth that he started and that he will pursue my ouster\u2026 Well Mr. President, resign!)\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Duterte on Wednesday clarified that he had nothing to do with Sereno\u2019s case, while Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Jr. refused to make a comment, saying that the silence of the President should be respected as private individual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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