Justices rebuke Sereno as High Court revokes party-list TRO

IN a clear reprimand to Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno, Supreme Court justices on Wednesday voted to revoke the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) she issued stopping the proclamation of party-list candidates.

At the special en banc deliberations, the justices were unanimous in their decision to invalidate the TRO. The court instead issued a Status Quo Ante Order (SQAO) for the Senior Citizen’s Party-list which had gone before the tribunal after it was disqualified by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).