BAGUIO CITY: Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno had a sudden change of heart. She will now vote and join the majority in Tuesday’s en banc meeting of the Supreme Court (SC) against the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Smartmatic “midnight deal.”

According to a well-placed source of The Manila Times in the SC, Sereno had already circulated her separate concurring opinion with the 14 associate justices of the tribunal, manifesting her vote and intention to join the ponencia of Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe.

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