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Duterte’s Crusade Against Chief Justice an Ominous Sign

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Mar 09, 2018
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It’s something straight out of Rodrigo Duterte’s playbook – the looming impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Critics charge that, as he has before, the Philippine President is perverting the law to intimidate and dispel his opposition.

The critics say Duterte’s vendetta against Sereno is part of a disturbing larger pattern – b…

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