6 bets make it to SC vacancy shortlist 07/29/2010

6 bets make it to SC vacancy shortlist


07/29/2010

The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) yesterday came up with a shortlist of nominees for appointment to fill up the lone vacant position in the Supreme Court (SC).

The vacancy in the 15-member high tribunal occurred with the controversial appointment last May 17 of then Associate Justice Renato Corona as the 23rd chief justice of the SC. He succeeded Chief Justice Reynato Puno who retired on the same date.

At a press conference, SC spokesman and Court adminis-trator Jose Midas Marquez said leading the shortlist is Court of Appeals (CA) Associate Justice and Taxation Law expert Jaapar Dimaampao with six votes, followed by former University of the Philippines College of Law Dean Raul Pangalangan and CA Associate Justice Noel Tijam with five votes each, and Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commis-sioner Rene Sarmiento, CA Associate Justice Hakim Abdul-wahid and Asian Institute of Management (AIM) executive director Ma. Lourdes Sereno with four votes each..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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