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JBC promises a tighter selection of CJ bets
MANILA, Philippines – The next Chief Justice should be eligible and qualified for the top judicial position, said yesterday an official of the Judicial Council and Bars (JBC)
Secretary of Justice Menardo Guevarra, Vice President JBC stated that they would ensure that candidates to be shortlisted to replace Chief Justice ousted Ma. Lourdes Sereno will meet all constitutional and documentary requirements
Guevarra said that they would ensure that all requirements – in particular the presentation of the statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) – are complete
. [TRADUCTION] "There is no new substantive requirement, but this time there will be a closer examination," Guevarra said.
Guevarra gave assurance that all candidates and candidates submitted to the review of the seven-member board charged with submitting candidates to judicial positions, especially on their proven integrity, who was at the The Sereno quo warranto case certainly taught us many lessons.JBC can guide future deliberations not only for the position of Chief Justice, but also for all judicial positions that require the utmost honesty and impeccab In this way, the board would be able to ensure the next Chief Justice not to be the subject of another case of quo warranto that could have repercussions on the stability of the judiciary, added Guevarra
Sereno was ousted from the supreme judicial post after the High Court ruled last June to invalidate his appointment in 2012 and grant the
The SC ruled that Sereno had been disqualified the integrity eligibility proved by the fact that she had not submitted all the required SALNs when she was teaching the right at the University of the Philippines and while applying for the post, thus reversing the JBC's conclusion when she had shortlisted it.
of at least 10 SALN but Sereno only submitted three – for 1998, 2002 and 2006 and was still on the short list.
At the time, there were 14 candidates for the post the ousting of the late Chief Justice Renato Corona
This time, the JBC received only five aspirants at the Chief Judge at the close of the nominations period Thursday, July 26.
Four SC Judges – Associate Judges Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Andres Reyes Jr. – accepted their appointments while the Judge of the Davao del Norte Regional Court of Tagua City, Virginia Tehano -Ang, submitted his candidacy
. the nomination. He said that he did not want to take advantage of Sereno's ouster, against which he opposed by voting against the decision of the SC
The second oldest judge, the deputy judge Presbitero Velasco Jr., has also declined the appointment since he's retired. The following month, the STAR reported that De Castro, Peralta and Bersamin accepted their automatic appointment to the position of Chief Justice under the rules of the JBC only to comply with the requirement to have at least three candidates for the post
. JBC opened the position of Chief Justice on June 25th.
The 1987 Constitution requires that the office of Chief Justice be filled within 90 days of the vacancy or termination of the Supreme Court decision on June 19.
is to appoint the replacement of Sereno before September 16th.
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