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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 2018.
May 11, 2018 · The SC en banc voted 8-6 to remove Sereno from office on the basis of an invalid appointment. The decision sparked controversy and a possible constitutional crisis, as the Senate may question the ouster.
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.
May 12, 2018 · The Supreme Court majority ruled that Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno can be removed from office by quo warranto, a procedure that does not require impeachment. The decision found that Sereno violated the Constitution by not filing her SALNs and submitting them to the JBC.
The Supreme Court dismissed the quo warranto petition against Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno, the Chief Justice of the Philippines, for failing to file her SALN as a requirement for her appointment. The Court ruled that the petition was filed out of time and that the petitioner failed to prove Sereno's ineligibility or incapacity.
May 11, 2018 · The Supreme Court on Friday night released the full decision on the quo warranto petition against Maria Lourdes Sereno. Voting 8-6, the magistrates ruled in favor of the petition, effectively...
May 11, 2018 · The SC voted 8-6 to grant the quo warranto petition against Sereno, who was accused of failing to file her SALNs as a requirement for judiciary posts. Sereno, who presided over the full court meeting but recused herself from the vote, said she was considering filing a motion for reconsideration.
