PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte's top lawyer dismissed fresh insinuations that the Chief Executive had a hand in the historic ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno as the chief magistrate of the Supreme Court.

In a radio interview, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said it was "out of character" for Duterte to meddle in issues hounding the Supreme Court.

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