Case Study Of Chief Justice Sereno's P5-M Luxury Car

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Chief Justice Sereno’s P5-M Luxury Car bought by SC

The judiciary who always complains about the lack of budget distribution has millions to buy a luxury vehicle. – Manila, Philippines.

In effective ordinance made by Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, The Supreme Court (SC) bought a luxury car worth P5.1-million for the official. It was reported and confirmed to The Star by an insider.

According to the news source, the vehicle purchased by SC is Toyota Land Cruiser. This is one of the expensive Toyota cars. It was delivered to the SC about three months ago.

This is yet another surprising report. The purchased vehicle has not been used immediately, as Sereno wants it to be bulletproof and requires more than P3 million from the judiciary …show more content…

Gadon also said a Sereno's case, which Sereno earned a million during her service as a lawyer for Philippine International Airport Terminals Co. (Piatco) on the construction of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3. Gadon cited this as additional possible ground Sereno’s actual failure to announce her Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN).

Sereno stated that her net worth was P24.2 million or P2.76 million higher than last year. This is according to her SALN in 2016.

Gadon didn't have any fear saying this,“ She did not declare in her SALN the millions she earned in the Piatco case. I have papers to prove it.”

Retired SC Justice Florentino Feliciano led the government’s legal team in the intercession case involving the NAIA 3 expropriation which Sereno worked with.
Records from the case presented that Sereno received at least $336,287.66 or more than P16 million for the legal service. This contains attorney's fees in the case, which has raised to the Court of …show more content…

After The STAR reported that Sereno met with Court of Appeals justices and told them to resist the show cause order dispensed by the House against the three justices in the “Ilocos 6” case, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said that he is planning to check into the probable impeachment of Serano
Sereno also complained by her co-workers in the SC in his administrative orders earlier this month, it is stated mainly the appointment of Philippine Judicial Academy (Philja) officials and provision for travel allowances of her staff.

Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro requested their colleagues to review Sereno’s commands, which she claimed should have their prior agreement as a collegial body as provided under the rulebooks. She exactly assailed the appointment of lawyer Brenda Jay Mendoza as Philja chief of office for the Philippine Mediation Center, which she said violated their Administrative Order No. 33-2008 that required the appointment for the post to be approved by the SC collegially. This is what Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro done when she knew the wrong orders made by

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