Tag: Chief Justice post

Lagman slams JBC for shortlisting De Castro, others for Chief Justice post

Urges JBC to withdraw shortlist, reopen filing of applications for CJ (Eagle News) — Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Friday, Aug. 24, urged the Judicial and Bar Council to “withdraw momentarily” its shortlist of nominees for the Chief Justice post, and to “reopen the filing of applications.” In a statement, Lagman said the JBC, after all,  “acted with indecent alacrity” in shortlisting Justices Teresita de Castro, Diosdado Peralta, and Lucas Bersamin even if they are facing impeachment complaints. […]

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Despite impeach complaints filed vs them, JBC shortlists De Castro, Peralta, Bersamin for Chief Justice post

By Moira Encina Eagle New Service The Judicial and Bar Council on Friday, Aug. 24, shortlisted three Supreme Court associate justices for the post of Chief Justice. According to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, JBC voting member, Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro got six votes; Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta, six; and Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin, five. Associate Justice Andres Reyes, Jr. and Davao court Judge Virginia Tejano-Ang were dropped from the shortlist. The shortlisting of De Castro, […]

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Guevarra contradicts Lagman: JBC member says impeach raps vs De Castro, others have no effect on their nomination for CJ post

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service For Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the impeachment complaints filed against four candidates vying for the Chief Justice post have no effect on their nomination. In issuing the statement, Guevarra, also a member of the Judicial and Bar Council, contradicted Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, who said Supreme Court Justices Lucas Bersamin, Teresita De Castro, Diosdado Peralta and Andres Reyes Jr. would be disqualified from vying for the post left vacated […]

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Lagman: Four candidates to be disqualified from vying for Chief Justice post following impeachment complaints filed vs them

(Eagle News) — Four of the five candidates for  Chief Justice will automatically be disqualified from vying for the post in the wake of the filing of impeachment complaints against them, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said on Thursday, Aug. 23. According to Lagman,  under the rules of the Judicial and Bar Council, “an applicant who has a pending case is disqualified from being nominated or appointed to any position in the judiciary.” Of the seven […]

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JBC to interview five candidates for Chief Justice post today

(Eagle News) — The five candidates for the post of Chief Justice are slated to be interviewed by the Judicial and Bar Council today, Aug. 16. Facing the seven-man team are SC Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Andres Reyes Jr., and Davao del Norte Regional Trial Court Branch 1 Judge Virginia Tejano-Ang. The interviews of Bersamin, De Castro and Peralta are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The interviews of […]

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Pimentel says there could be “constitutional crisis” with SC decision vs Sereno

(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel on Saturday, May 12, said there could be a “constitutional crisis” with the Supreme Court decision to declare the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice nullified. According to Pimentel, this would happen if “in the eyes of the SC,” Sereno was no longer the Chief Justice, but in the eyes of Congress, this was not the case. He said the next steps of the House of […]

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