Tag: Replacement

Judges’ association endorses Marquez as SC Associate Justice Velasco’s replacement

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Supreme Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez, who is applying as associate justice of the High Court, has found support from a judges’ organization. The Philippine Judges Association endorsed Marquez’s application to President Rodrigo Duterte, who is slated to pick the replacement of outgoing SC Associate Justice Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr. from a shortlist of eight nominees drafted by the Judicial and Bar Council. Apart from Marquez, the shortlist of nominees to […]

Duterte cites characteristics next Chief Justice should have

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, May 16, said he wanted a person who is known for his or her integrity as the next Chief Justice. “Of course it could not be a politician, lalo na hindi babae,” Duterte said. Duterte made the comment  after Maria Lourdes Sereno’s appointment as Chief Justice was nullified by the Supreme Court, with a vote of 8-6. The decision stems from a quo warranto petition filed by Solicitor General […]