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(Eagle News) — Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo is the new Chief Justice. The Palace on Monday, April 5, said President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Gesmundo to the post left vacated by Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta in March. Peralta had retired a year earlier than his required mandatory requirement. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the Palace trusts that Gesmundo will “uphold judicial excellence and independence, implement the rule of law and lead reforms to uphold the […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has a new associate justice. Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo takes the place of Associate Justice Jose Catral Mendoza, who retired on Aug. 13, the Supreme Court said on Monday. In a letter to SC Chief Ma. Lourdes Sereno, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said President Rodrigo Duterte had signed Gesmundo’s appointment, making him the 178th justice of the country’s High Court. Gesmundo chaired the anti-graft court’s seventh division […]
