A LAWYER for Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said that her client did not violate the sub judice (or pending in court) rule when she spoke out against her impeachment proceedings during an annual convention of the country’s judges on Thursday.

Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, president of the Philippine Women Judges Association, criticized Sereno for using the occasion to air her views, a day after the justice committee of the House of Representatives determined that there was probable cause to impeach her.

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