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Republic of the Philippines vs. Sereno [DECISION]

REPUBLIC of the PHILIPPINES, represented by SOLICITOR GENERAL JOSE C. CALIDA, Petitioner, vs. MARIA LOURDES P.A. SERENO Respondent. Present: SERENO, C.J.,* CARPIO, VELASCO, JR., LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, PERALTA, BERSAMIN, DEL CASTILLO, PERLAS-BERNABE, LEONEN, JARDELEZA, CAGUIOA, MARTIRES, TIJAM, REYES, JR., and GESMUNDO, JJ.

G.R. No. 237428 | 2018-05-11

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
DECISION
 
TIJAM, J.:
 
Whoever walks in integrity and with moral character walks securely, but he who takes a crooked way will be discovered and punished.
 
-The Holy Bible, Proverbs 10:9 (AMP)
 
Integrity has, at all times, been stressed to be one of the required qualifications of a judge. It is not a new concept in the vocation of administering and dispensing justice. In the early 1600's, Francis Bacon, a philosopher, statesman, and jurist, in his "Essay LVI: Of Judicature" said – “[a]bove all things, integrity is the Judge's...