CHIEF Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is “lobbying” with President Benigno Aquino the appointment of a senior member of her staff as a Sandiganbayan justice.

The anti-graft court post for Sereno’s chief protocol officer, Zaldy Trespeses, according to a Malacang source of The Manila Times, is the Chief Justice reward for declaring constitutional the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA).

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