In an interview after her speech at the Credit Manage-ment Association of the Philippines, the senator ex-pressed dissatisfaction with the JBC which is responsible for creat-ing a shortlist of nominees for the highest position in the Supreme Court vacated by former Chief Justice Renato Corona.
Santiago noted that the JBC was created to prevent politics from penetrating the high court which she said has not been prevented. Now that the process has been politicized, “I think they should turn that power to the Senate as they do in the United States,” the senator stressed.
“So I think we have experimented enough with the JBC that we have to abolish it in the Constitution,” Santiago added..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/index.php/headlines/item/880-miriam-bats-for-jbc-abolition
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