Duterte violates protocol in oath rites

Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte has effectively bypassed Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Aranal-Sereno when he did not follow the protocol in administering his oath of office of June 30.

According to unimpeachable sources of The Manila Times from the Duterte camp and the high court, a message is being sent by Duterte against Sereno when she was not chosen despite being the “primus inter pares” (first among equals) in the high court.