Supreme Court Associate Justice Francis Jardeleza on Monday accused Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno of committing treason when she used a confidential document to block his appointment to the high court.
Jardeleza, in his testimony before the House justice panel hearing the impeachment complaint against Sereno, said the chief justice wanted him removed from the shortlist of nominees for the post vacated by Associate Justice Roberto Abad because of his actions during the arbitration of the case filed by the Philippines at The Hague in connection with the West Philippine Sea.
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