THE JUSTICE committee of the House of Representatives on Thursday found “sufficient grounds” to impeach Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno for corruption and other high crimes.

The vote came a day after President Rodrigo Duterte publicly backed the impeachment complaints against Sereno and Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, accusing them of corruption and being part of a plot to oust him through a probe into his alleged secret bank accounts.

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