PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Friday stepped up attacks against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, telling her to resign as the country’s top magistrate.

In a news conference held upon his arrival at the Davao International Airport from Hong Kong, Duterte said he would fight Sereno because she was “ignorant” and “dumb,” recalling a time when the chief justice cautioned the public against submitting to warrantless arrests.

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