In exchange for her declaring “not unconstitutional” the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno wants a senior lawyer from her office appointed as a Sandiganbayan justice, according to a well-placed source of The Manila Times in the Supreme Court (SC).

The source identified the legal staff as Zaldy Trespeses.

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