A lawyer has secured the endorsement of 25 lawmakers to impeach Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno for culpable violation of the Constitution, corruption, betrayal of public trust and other high crimes.

Lorenzo Gadon, in his impeachment complaint, said Sereno committed culpable violation of the Constitution when she allegedly “delayed action on the numerous Petitions for Retirement Benefits of Justices and Judges, and the surviving spouses of deceased Justices and Judges.”

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