SC sets conditions for Sereno’s quo warranto case

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno INQUIRER file photo / NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

The Supreme Court (SC) has set the conditions that Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has to comply or the oral argument on the quo warrant petition will be cancelled.

It was Sereno who requested the conduct of the oral argument but without prejudice to her objections to the high court’s jurisdiction.

Sereno maintained that SC has no jurisdiction on the quo warranto petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida being an impeachable official.

But the high court, in its notice of resolution said Sereno must “expressly acknowledge this Court’s jurisdiction to act upon the relief prayed for, if any.”

Aside from requiring her to personally appear on the April 10 oral argument, the high court required the Chief Justice to testify under oath, affirm and verify under oath the allegations she raised in the comment filed by her counsels on the quo warranto.

“Her failure or refusal to appear shall result in the cancellation of the scheduled oral argument,” read the Notice of Resolution made public Thursday signed by Atty. Edgar O. Aricheta, Clerk of Court en banc.

Oral argument is set on April 10 at 2 p.m. in Baguio City during the high court’s summer session. /jpv

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