Aminado si Senate Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon na posibleng hindi matuloy ang impeachment trial ng Senado kay Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.
Ito, ayon kay Drilon, ay sa sandaling sabihin ng Supreme Court na mayroon silang hurisdiksyon sa Quo Warranto Petition na inihain ng Office of the Solicitor-General at pagpasyahan na may batayan upang ipawalang-bisa ang appointment ni Sereno bilang punong mahistrado.
“We’re not saying the impeachment not going thru, the possibility is there, why? Because the statement of the leaders of the house is that they will wait for the Supreme Court resolution, if the Supreme Court with it’s own wisdom and wise judgement says that there’s jurisdiction over the Quo Warranto and we believe there is a basis to let the Chief Justice go, then how can we saw the house will not send us the Articles of Impeachment, so what do we do”.
Nagbiro pa si Drilon na premature din ang pagpapatahi para sa isusuot na robe.
Giit pa ng Senador na kahit pa nagsabi si Associate Justice Marvic Leonen na dapat agarang ibasura ng Korte Suprema ang Quo Warranto Petition pero nag-iisa naman ito at maraming mahistrado ang magpapasya bilang collegial body.
“This is a collegian body, so if you can get the majority of the court then that opinion prevails, but if the majority thinks otherwise then there is no impeachment court to talk about.”
-Cely Ortega-Bueno
