Sereno to appeal SC ouster decision – lawyer
Lawyer Josa Deinla, spokesperson for Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER file photo/GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE
The camp of ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno would appeal the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the quo petition filed against her by Solicitor General Jose Calida.
“Ngayon kino-consider ay definitely ay ‘yung filing ng motion for reconsideration…” Sereno’s lawyer, Josa Deinla, said in an interview over DZMM shorty after the reported ouster of the Chief Justice.
Deila insisted that the SC decision was wrong.
“Hanggang sa huli ay umaasa pa rin ang punong mahistrado na gagawin nila ang tama,” Deinla noted.
Voting 8-6 this Friday, the justices reportedly granted Calida’s petition against Sereno.
READ: Justices remove Sereno from SC
The eight Justices who voted in favor of the quo warranto petition were: Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo De Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Samuel Martires, Francis Jardeleza, Andres Reyes Jr. Alexander Gesmundo, and Noel Tijam, who authored the decision.
The six who dissented were Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Presbitero Velasco Jr., Marvic Leonen, Estela Perlas-Bernabe, Mariano Del Castillo, and Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa.
The decision is expected to be immediately executory, pending the filing of a motion for reconsideration by Sereno. /kga
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