Randy David believes Sereno ain’t fit to remain Chief Justice: Feeling niya ‘Chosen One’ siya!

University of the Philippines sociology professor Randy David may not believe in the substance of the impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, but he’s convinced she’s no longer fit to lead the Supreme Court.

In his March 4 column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, David said he was left with a “disturbing impression” of Sereno when they met briefly once at the University of the Philippines.

Going beyond his personal feelings, however, David said Sereno did not try to win over the associate justices who felt bypassed when she, the most junior magistrate in the Supreme Court in 2012, was appointed Chief Justice.

“She displayed such a disconcerting sense of being anointed that one would think she was being named to an ecclesiastical rather than to a state office. At her first flag-raising ceremony at the Court grounds, for instance, she told the assembled employees: ‘The whole world is witness that this appointment is God’s will … Only God put me in this position. It seemed like it was time to give the leadership of the Supreme Court to one of his humble servants,'” he said.

“What does that say of her colleagues who applied for the same position and did not get it? To me, that kind of talk is no different from invoking science to serve political ends,” David added.

With other justices openly expressing their dislike for Sereno, David said he does not think the Chief Justice “is in any position to effectively lead the Court.”

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