22 apply for SC post
Credit to Author: JOSE MARCELL A. CANLAS| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 17:02:48 +0000
Twenty-two justices and lawyers have applied for the post left vacant when Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin was named chief justice by President Rodrigo Duterte in November last year.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, ex-officio member of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), said the preliminary list of applicants consisted mostly of justices of the Court of Appeals (CA) and the Sandiganbayan.
Guevarra said the JBC would meet on Thursday to deliberate on the list of applicants.
“After the first deliberation, the JBC executive committee will come up with the official list of contenders for the position, which will eventually be subject of final deliberations by the JBC in its next meeting. Only then will the JBC shortlist be prepared and submitted to the President,” he explained.
Members of the CA who applied for the post were Justices Nina Antonio Valenzuela, Oscar Badelles, Ramon Bato Jr., Apolinario Bruselas Jr., Ramon Cruz, Stephen Cruz, Edgardo de los Santos, Japar Dimaampao, Ramon Garcia, Henri Jean Paul Inting, Amy Lazaro Javier, Jhosep Lopez, Mario Lopez, Eduardo Peralta Jr. and Ricardo Rosario.
From the Sandiganbayan, there were two applicants — Presiding Justice Amparo Cabotaje Tang and Associate Justice Efren de la Cruz .
Justice Roman del Rosario of the Court of Tax Appeals also applied, as well as Supreme Court Administrator and spokesman Midas Marquez.
The other applicants were former Ateneo law dean Cesar Villanueva, Bureau of Internal Revenue Deputy Commissioner Lanee Cui David and law professor Jeremy Gatdula.
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