page_title: Protests against Rodrigo Duterte
section_title: Removal of Sereno by the Supreme Court
hierarchical_section_title: Protests against Rodrigo Duterte / Causes of protests / Removal of Sereno by the Supreme Court
caption_attribution_description: English: Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno addresses her crowd of supporters after her peers in the Supreme Court voted to oust her based on the solicitor general’s quo warranto petition on May 11, 2018
context_page_description: The protests against Rodrigo Duterte, the 16th President of the Philippines, began on November 18, 2016, following the burial of late president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos, whom Duterte supported. These series of protests are mostly conducted by left-wing groups and other opponent figures mainly due to ongoing war on drugs, declaration of martial law in Mindanao and employment issues such as contractual term being applied by the company and the inflation due to Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act. Other causes such as the government's response to the COVID-19 in the country, the passage of Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 and the shutting down and the subsequent denial of franchise for ABS-CBN by the House of Representatives.
context_section_description: Demonstrations staged by the supporters of Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno occurred, following her impeachment process filed against her and her subsequent indefinite leave. The main reasons for the impeachment proceedings, according to the complainant, lawyer Larry Gadon, was that Sereno allegedly failed to declare her Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth (SALN) and was also responsible for tax misdeclarations and unauthorized expenses.
caption: Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno (left) addresses her crowd of supporters after her peers in the Supreme Court voted to oust her based on the solicitor general's quo warranto petition on May 11, 2018
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