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During Maria Lourdes Sereno's de facto tenure as Chief Justice during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, Sereno faced possible impeachment. An impeachment process against Sereno began on August 30, 2017, when 25 lawmakers sponsored a petition against her filed by Larry Gadon, former lawyer to President Macapagal-Arroyo.
Sereno (G. R. No. 237428), which nullified Maria Lourdes Sereno's appointment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, finding that she never lawfully held the office due to a lack of integrity for failing to file certain required financial documents. As a result, she was ousted from the Supreme Court as Chief Justice.
Supporters of the chief justice, Maria Lourdes Sereno, the first woman to lead the Philippine judiciary, say that Mr. Duterte’s allies organized the impeachment push to remove a thorn in his side. Chief Justice Sereno has denied the allegations.
Maria Lourdes "Meilou" Aranal Sereno (Tagalog: [sɛˈrɛnɔ]; born Maria Lourdes Punzalan Aranal; July 2, 1960) is a Filipina lawyer and judge who served as de facto chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2012 until her removal in 2018.
However he argues that he was not required to disclose US$2.4 million because foreign deposits are guaranteed secrecy under the Philippine's Foreign Currency Deposits Act (Republic Act No. 6426) and that the peso accounts are co-mingled funds.
April 29, 2016Renato Corona / Date of death
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Sereno is the country's second chief magistrate to be removed from office under the 1987 Constitution. In 2012, the Senate sitting as an impeachment court ousted her predecessor, Renato Corona for failure to fully disclose his wealth. Lawyer Lorenzo Gadon, who sought Sereno 's impeachment, said before the decision: "It is quite unfair, ...
Calida had cited Sereno's failure to fully disclose her wealth when she applied for the Supreme Court's top post in 2012. In another vote on Friday, 9 justices said quo warranto was the proper remedy to remove Sereno while 5 said it was not. The order is effective immediately, Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te said.
^ Maria Lourdes Sereno was removed on May 11, 2018, via quo warranto by a special en banc session which also ruled that the Chief Justice post vacant; the petition alleged Sereno's appointment was void ab initio due to her failure in complying with the Judicial and Bar Council requirements. Hence, her tenure is now considered de facto.
Removal from office. Sereno addressing supporters after a decision was made on the quo warranto petition filed against her on May 11, 2018. On August 30, 2017 , at least 25 members of the House of Representatives began the impeachment process against then-Chief Justice Sereno.
After an impeachment process against her began, Sereno took an indefinite leave on March 1, 2018, but maintained she will not resign. She returned from leave shortly after the rest of the Supreme Court made a decision on the quo warranto petition.
Early life and education. Sereno was born on July 2, 1960, in Manila, to Margarito Aranal, a native of Siasi, Sulu, and Soledad Punzalan, who served as a public school teacher. Sereno graduated salutatorian from Kamuning Elementary School in 1972 and with honors from Quezon City High School in 1976.
On August 24, 2012, President Aquino announced his appointment of Justice Sereno as the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, replacing Renato Corona, who was removed from office in May 2012 after being convicted in an impeachment trial .
Sereno, the 13th woman appointed as Justice of the Supreme Court, was the youngest appointee to the court since Manuel Moran in 1945 until Marvic Leonen surpassed her at the age of 49 in 2012.
In the same year, with Justice Jose Campos, Commissioner Haydee Yorac, and other professors from the UP College of Law, she co-founded Accesslaw, a corporation that provided the first annotated electronic research system in Philippine law.