Twenty-five members of House of Representatives filed the second complaint to impeach Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, backed up by evidence from lawyer Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon on Wednesday.
Gadon gathered 25 endorsers of the complaint, who reached the House of Representatives Office of the Secretary-General at 6:30 pm:
- Cebu 3rd District Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia
- Samar 1st District Rep. Edgar Sarmiento
- COOP-NATCCO Party-list Rep.Anthony Bravo
- LPGMA Party-list Rep. Arnel Ty
- Isabela 1st District Rep. Rodolfo Albano
- Surigao Del Norte 1st District Rep. Francisco Matugas
- Surigao Del Norte 2nd District Rep. Ace Barbers
- Palawan 2nd District Rep. Frederick Abueg
- Southern Leyte Rep. Roger Mercado
- Davao Occidental Rep. Lorna Bandigan.
- Malabon City Rep. Federico Sandoval II
- Davao Oriental Rep. Joel Mayo Almario
- Antipolo City 2nd District Rep. Romeo Acop
- Quezon City 1st District Rep. Vincent Crisologo
- South Cotabato 1st District Rep. Pedro Acharon Jr.
- Camiguin Rep. Xavier Jesus Romualdo
- Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio D. Gonzales
- Zamboanga Sibugay 2nd District Rep. Ann Hofer
- Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Winnie Castelo
- PBA Party List Rep. Jericho Nograles
- Manila 3rd District Rep. John “Yul Servo” Nieto
- South Cotabato 2nd District Rep. Ferdinand Hernandez
- Davao City 2nd District Rep. Mylene Garcia-Albano
- Davao Occidental Rep. Lorna Bautista-Bandigan
- Cavite 4th District Rep. Jennifer Barzaga
“These are the honorable congressmen and congresswomen who signed the impeachment complaint. This has been acknowledged before Honorable Cesar Pareja, the Secretary-General,” said Gadon.
He also added that more endorsers will sign the complaint by Thursday.
The complaint enclosed Sereno’s culpable violation of the Constitution, corruption, other high crimes and betrayal of public trust, which are grounds for impeachment.
Gadon was confident that the impeachment complaint will have a strong case when it reached the Senate trial.
“Because all the grounds of impeachment here are backed up with official public documents. Di pa na-released lahat kasi yung iba in-process pa of collating and I learned from the Office of the Clerk of Court of the SC that the records on the expenses are still with the Resident Commission on Audit (COA) Auditor and they have to retrieve them” he said.
Furthermore, Gadon will go to the Supreme Court today to get the copies of Statement of Assets and Liabilities (SALN) from 2010 to 2017. | Angelica Bobiles – PTV