A THREAT to arrest Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno if she would refuse to attend the ongoing impeachment hearing at the House of Representatives may lead to a constitutional crisis, two senators warned on Monday, as they advised their counterparts in the House to exercise “extreme caution” when they subpoena the Chief Justice.

Sen. Franklin Drilon said the power of Congress to issue a subpoena and order the detention of a witness who refused to obey the subpoena was available only in investigations in aid of legislation.

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