(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted seven Court of Appeals justices for the position of Supreme Court Chief Justice.
Included in the shortlist were Justices Manuel Mejorada Barrios, Apolinario Dado Bruselas, Edgardo Lao Delos Santos, Japar Babay Dimaampao, Ramon Del Rosario Garcia, Amy Carillo Lazaro-Javier and Rosmari Declaro Carandang.
All of them garnered six votes, except for Carandang, who got five.
Based on the Constitution, President Rodrigo Duterte will choose from the shortlist so he or she can fill the post left vacated by Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro following her retirement last month.
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