Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has included the disqualification case against Sen. Grace Poe, a presidential candidate in next year’s elections, in the calendar of the Supreme Court special session on December 16, according to a well-placed source of The Manila Times in the SC.

The task of writing a draft ponencia on a petition for certiorari filed by Rizalito David against the Senate Electoral Tribunal and Poe, the source said, went to Associate Justice Mario Victor Leonen after a raffle held last Thursday.

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