THE impeachment lawyers of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno objected to a proposal for President Rodrigo Duterte to sit as prosecutor, even in a “special” capacity.

This was the statement made by lawyer Josalee Deinla who said that the 1987 Constitution made clear prohibitions against a sitting president to practice his professional career.

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