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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 [3] from 2012 until 2018.
The quo warranto petition against Maria Lourdes Sereno, filed before the Supreme Court of the Philippines, led to the landmark case Republic v. Sereno [note 1] (G. R. No. 237428), [3] [4] [5] 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 ...
On March 8, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Tijam as the 176th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. He replaced Arturo Brion who retired on December 29, 2016. [3] On May 11, 2018, Tijam penned the main decision which removed Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno from her post via a quo warranto petition. [4]
Sereno, Maria Lourdes Sereno is no longer considered the 24th chief justice of the Philippines, as the court ruled that her appointment was never legal but null and void ab initio. Thus, on August 25, 2018, Teresita de Castro was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as the new de jure and 24th chief justice of the Supreme Court of the ...
Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno later disclosed that the Supreme Court did not debate on the merits on Gutierrez's petition, saying that "several members of the court" had not seen the petition, and that no resolution was made; spokesman Marquez just delivered a news conference to announce the court's ruling. Sereno is the sole ...
English: Oral argument by Jose Calida and others, on behalf of the Republic; Maria Lourdes Sereno argued her own case pro se.Justice Antonio Carpio acted as Chief Justice during the proceeding, although Sereno was still technically Chief Justice during her own trial, just recused.
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Upon her removal from the office of the Chief Justice in May 2018, Meilou Sereno (Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. [1]) decided to be more vocal of her political commentaries focused on social issues. This led to many believing she would run as an opposition candidate for the upcoming senate elections. While she decided not to run for public ...