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Sereno accuses Tijam of prejudgment in ouster case

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Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/06/02/tijam-sereno.jpg"/><figcaption>Associate Justice Noel Tijam and Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Composite</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has accused Associate Justice Noel Tijam of prejudging her over the quo warranto case that unseated her from office.In a statement released Saturday, Sereno questioned the Supreme Court&#x27;s decision penned by Tijam, saying footnotes would reveal that the decision was already being drafted even before she submitted her comment to the petition on March 19.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/05/11/18/read-the-supreme-court-decision-ousting-chief-justice-sereno">READ: The Supreme Court decision ousting Chief Justice Sereno</a></li></ul>The ousted top magistrate&#x27;s camp alleged that certain websites and online articles used in the decision were &quot;visited&quot; on March 15, four days before Sereno submitted her comment on the petition, and again on March 19.“These show that Respondent never had a chance from the start. Justice Tijam had condemned Respondent before he heard her,” Sereno said, citing her motion for reconsideration in the statement.Sereno had earlier requested for the recusal of Tijam and five other magistrates from participating in the quo warranto case against her, citing alleged bias.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/10/18/justice-tijam-to-sereno-i-hope-youre-not-mad-over-my-red-tie">Justice Tijam to Sereno: I hope you&#x27;re not mad over my red tie</a></li></ul>All six magistrates dismissed Sereno&#x27;s allegations as baseless and voted for her ouster.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/11/18/baseless-why-6-justices-rejected-serenos-inhibition-plea">&#x27;Baseless&#x27;: Why 6 justices rejected Sereno&#x27;s inhibition plea</a></li></ul>The Philippines&#x27; first female chief justice, Sereno was ousted last May 11 with a vote of 8-6 in an unprecedented grant of a &quot;quo warranto&quot; plea.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/11/18/supreme-court-ousts-chief-justice-sereno">Supreme Court ousts Chief Justice Sereno</a></li></ul>The ruling nullified her 2012 appointment, citing her failure to file the required number of Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth, including those from her time as University of the Philippines law professor, to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) when she applied for the post.Sereno appealed her ouster earlier this week and needs only one justice who had voted for her removal to change the majority vote and overturn the decision that unseated her.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/30/18/sereno-appeals-ouster-from-supreme-court">Sereno appeals ouster from Supreme Court</a></li></ul>The former top magistrate also criticized Tijam for considering several pieces of evidence which were not on record.She cited as an example a finding that her July 23, 2012 letter to the JBC explaining why she only submitted her SALNs as a magistrate of the high court &quot;was allegedly not deliberated upon by the council’s executive committee.&quot;The evidence, she claimed, was based on a letter by JBC executive officer Annaliza Ty-Capacite to Tijam’s office, responding to his request made through a phone call. “That the ponente made or caused such a call to be made is not allowed and shows prejudice,” Sereno said.“Basic, fundamental, and long-standing constitutional and legal rules and principles, and settled judicial precedents were ignored, set aside, and reversed by the majority decision, to achieve one end—the disqualification and ouster of the Chief Justice,” she added.

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Saturday accused Associate Justice Noel Tijam of prejudging her over the quo warranto case that unseated her from office.

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Saturday accused Associate Justice Noel Tijam of prejudging her over the quo warranto case that unseated her from office.

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Sereno accuses Tijam of prejudgment in ouster case

Arianne Merez,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jun 02, 2018 12:24 PM PHT

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