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by Tetch Torres
Inquirer.net

Lawyers of Chief Justice Renato Corona today asked for two Associate Justices of the Supreme Court to inhibit from handling their petition seeking to nullify the articles of impeachment filed against the high court’s chief.

“It is publicly known that the Honorable Justices Antonio Carpio and Ma. Lourdes Sereno have been critical of Chief Justice Renato Corona. More importantly, Justices Carpio and Sereno are openly touted as the likely replacements, in the event that CJ Corona is removed from office,” the motion to inhibit stated.

In the motion, Corona’s defense lawyers said in the case of Justice Carpio, “it is well known that he begrudged CJ Corona on the latter’s appointments as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. While there have been public displays of civility, the enmity and rivalry between him and CJ Corona is common knowledge. It is not uncommon to find them on different sides of most judicial matters.”

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