The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) on Monday, March 5, filed before the Supreme Court (SC) a petition for quo warranto against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno.

Solicitor General Jose C. Calida in a press conference pointed out impeachment was not the proper legal process Ms. Sereno should pursue, but rather it should be quo warranto.

“This is the proper remedy to question the validity of Sereno’s appointment,” Mr. Calida said in a press statement.

He added: “Quo Warranto is recognized as an extraordinary legal remedy sanctioned not only by the Rules of Court, law and jurisprudence but by the constitution itself whereby the State challenges a person to show by what authority he holds a public office or exercises a public franchise.” — Dane Angelo M. Enerio

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