(Eagle News)-The House committee on justice on Tuesday, Sept. 4, found the impeachment complaints filed against now-Chief Justice Teresita De Castro and other justices who voted to oust Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Magistrate sufficient in form.
Twenty-one members voted to approve the motion to find sufficiency in form in the complaints filed by opposition lawmakers led by Rep.Edcel Lagman against De Castro, SC Justices Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Andres Reyes, Francis Jardeleza, Noel Tijam and Alexander Gesmundo.
The seven SC justices have been charged with culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust.
Sereno was ousted in May after the SC en banc granted the quo warranto petition filed against her by the Solicitor General.