"to really fight for the oppressed like her."
Ayon sa impormasyon ng bubuwit ng Philstar, bukas umano sa posibilad si Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno na tumakbo bilang senador sa 2019 midterm elections kung sakaling magtagumpay ang Quo Warranto petition na inihain laban sa kanya at matanggal ito sa pwesto bilang Punong Mahistrado ng Korte Suprema.
Inuudyukan din daw si Sereno ng kanyang mga supporters na tumakbo pagka-senador.
"I think she has already accepted whatever the outcome of the impeachment and quo warranto cases will be," sabi ng source.
Sereno may eye Senate run
The embattled Chief Justice is reportedly open to the possibility of shifting to a political career should her efforts to defend her position in the Supreme Court fail, a source told The STAR yesterday.
Sereno is specifically considering running for senator in the midterm elections if she would be ousted as chief magistrate either through impeachment or the quo warranto petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida at the SC.
The source, who is privy to such plan but requested anonymity, said Sereno wants to pursue a career in public service “to really fight for the oppressed like her.”
“I think she has already accepted whatever the outcome of the impeachment and quo warranto cases will be,” the insider said.
The insider further bared that Sereno has also been prodded by her supporters to run for senator during her speaking engagements all over the country since taking leave from the court last month.
Leftist party-list representatives yesterday denounced Duterte’s marching order for the House to speed up the transmittal of the impeachment case against Sereno to the Senate for trial.
“President Duterte’s order for Congress to fast-track the impeachment proceedings is a confirmation that he is behind the ouster of the Chief Justice,” Reps. Antonio Tinio and France Castro of Alliance of Concerned Teachers said.
They said Duterte wants Sereno removed so he could control the judiciary and all three branches of government. And by wanting to “silence” the judiciary, the President is showing his “dictatorial tendencies.”
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