Antonio Trillanes IV —EDWIN BACASMAS
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Sunday cautioned Supreme Court justices who reportedly wanted to remove Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno that they themselves could be impeached.
In a statement, Trillanes said it would be unconstitutional to remove Sereno through a process other than impeachment.
Doing so would be a brazen usurpation of the exclusive power of Congress under the Constitution, he said.
“In view of certain reports that certain Supreme Court justices, headed by Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, are maneuvering to force the unconstitutional removal of Chief Justice Sereno, may I remind these justices that any unconstitutional act they commit now, can be used as a ground for impeachment against them later on under a different administration,” Trillanes said. —Christine O. Avendaño