Sereno manipulated JBC processes - Brion

Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno did everything she can to block the inclusion of former Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) shortlist of nominees for the lone vacancy in the Supreme Court, even going beyond the ambit of her judicial province in her bid to sway the other justices into supporting her stand, according to Associate Justice Arturo Brion.

Brion accused Sereno of manipulating the JBC processes to exclude Jardeleza as she launched a purposive campaign “to discredit and deal him a mortal blow at the JBC level and remove him as a contender at the presidential level of the appointing process.”