How do you solve a problem? Fire MariaIN THE back room of a chicken restaurant distinguished for its banana ketchup,the small, desirable, and bespectacled chief justice tells a swarm of journalists that she has done her best “to fight for justice”. Maria Lourdes Sereno has been having to fight harder than normal in recent weeks. Congress is initiating impeachment proceedings against her,while the government is attempting to nullify through the courts her appointment as chief justice nearly six years ago. On March 1st she took a voluntary leave of absence from the Supreme Court while she tries to defend herself. It is not yet clear when she will return.
Ms Sereno’s detractors have come up with no fewer than 27 complaints against her, from claiming unduly lavish expenses to failing to file all the necessary paperwork during her preceding job as a university professor. But many believe the real reason for the campaign to remove her is her outspoken criticism of the government’s...
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Source: economist.com