FRANCISCO S. TATAD
THE committee on justice of the House of Representatives has found the impeachment complaint filed by lawyer Lorenzo Gadon against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno sufficient in form and in substance. This is the first step. If at least one-third of all the members of the House, which has the exclusive power to initiate all impeachment cases, support the complaint, it automatically goes to the Senate, which has the sole power to try and decide all impeachment cases. This would be the third impeachment case to reach the Senate in 17 years. It could either follow the path of the first two, or it could set a new record.