Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P. A. Sereno decided yesterday not to comment further on the censure made by President Rodrigo R. Duterte against her in connection with her letter where the chief magistrate cautioned judges allegedly linked to the illegal drug trade “against surrendering or making themselves physically accountable to any police officer in the absence of any duly-issued warrant of arrest that is pending.” “Many things have been said. The Chief Justice sees no need to add to what are being said,” SC Spokesman Theodore O. Te said in an interview with journalists yesterday. Last Sunday, the President named seven trial court judges whose “intervention” reportedly allowed the proliferation of illegal drugs. Of the seven, it turned out that three were no longer members of the judiciary. In response, the Chief Justice wrote the President a letter Monday describing the announcement as “premature.” In her letter, Sereno said, “to [...]
