The Judicial and Bar Council submitted the following names to President Aquino today from where he can choose the next Supreme Court Justice.
Acting Chief Justice Antonio T. Carpio – 7 votes
SC Associate Justice Roberto A. Abad – 6 votes
SC Associate Justice Arturo D. Brion – 6 votes
Solicitor-General Francis H. Jardeleza – 6 votes
SC Associate Justice Maria Lourdes A. Sereno -6 votes
Former Executive Secretary Ronaldo B. Zamora -6 votes
Law Professor Soledad Cagampang-De Castro – 5 votes
Former Ateneo Law Dean Cesar Villanueva – 5 votes
What we feared did not happen. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, rumored to be President Aquino’s favorite, didn’t make it.
The President has up to Aug. 27, 2012 to fill up position vacated by the ousted Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.
Click here http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/pio/news/2012/08/jbcshortlist.pdf
Doesn’t Jardeleza have also a pending case against him? Why was De Lima disqualified while he made it to the shortlist?
Someone told me pinaglaruan lang ng Malacañang si De Lima. They still haven’t forgotten her recommendations on their bungling of the Rizal Park hostage incident.
Wala akong kilala sa kanilang lahat except si Brion na lapdog ni Gloria.
Better de Lima was not included in the shortlist masyadong controversial. Kung sya piliin ni Pnoy, problema pa na malaki ng Pangulo sa kasasangga lang ng mga pintas at puna kay Leila.
Lahat sila may pintas, go with the highest vote na lang, Pnoy… hindi ka pa makakalbo ng tuluyan. Mas maiigi nga na si Carpio dahil alam nya ang buong nangyari kay Corona, careful siya sa salita at gawa.
Importante dumaan sa tamang proseso ang pagpili. In case, indeed Carpio is not a bad choice…
Re #1 question on why jardeleza is included in the short list and why De Lima was disqualified?
From ABS-CBN report http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/08/13/12/how-jbc-voted-cj-shortlist
“Speaking to reporters, De Lima said: “I don’t know how to react. Why am I being singled out?”
“De Lima’s reaction came in the wake of the inclusion in the voting of Jardeleza and fellow Aquino appointee, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairperson Teresita Herbosa.
“Jardeleza was included in the voting because the administrative case against him before the high court was not yet acted upon.
“Herbosa, for her part, was slapped with a disbarment case but the case was dismissed by the high court on Aug. 1. She only garnered 4 votes.”
Corona: Welcome to the club.
#6, hehehehehe!
Speaking of De Lima.
gmanetwork.com/news/story/268554/news/nation/senate-probe-on-release-of-drug-dealers-with-pending-case-reviews-sought
newsinfo.inquirer.net/244277/solons-to-quiz-de-lima-on-drug-suspects-policy
Oo nga naman. may karapatan din ang mga nagtutulak. Si Goyang lang ang walang karapatan.
Kahit taga UP ako, lesser of evils, I’ll go for Abad.
Abad was one of the two swing votes who required the condition on the TRO on Goyang, along with Villarama.
sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/resolutions/2011/december2011/199034_velasco.htm
Of course, when the main case was decided, he had to go with the majority, because there is no way you can twist the law to grant De Lima the power that belongs to the courts.
Hi Ellen,
Would you have any inside info on why the JBC doesn’t seem to like Dean Raul Pangalangan?
Thanks.
de lima singled out?
hindi siguro.
it’s all in the making by those concerned that de lima was included in the shortlist so that PeNoy would appear no bias.
figuratively, it’s carpio and not bad at all.
P.S.
It should be SC Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro not Law Professor Soledad Cagampang-DeCastro.
A little side note here.
Michael Musngi was one of the accused in the Lenny Villa case.
lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2012/feb2012/gr_151258_2012.html#fnt15
Rappler says Sereno penned the decision acuitting Musngi et al.
No.
Sereno penned the decision that upheld the acquittal of Musngi et al by the Court of Appeals. The justices in that division were Eubulo G. Verzola, Rodrigo V. Cosico and Eliezer R. de los Santos.
Ang ganda naman. One who is tainted with having caused the accidental death of his prospective brother, determines the fitness of the Chief Justice to be.
No conspiracy in a frat initiation? No unity of purpose?
My mistake.
Sereno penned the decision that upheld the decision of the Court of Appeals, in the Lenny Villa case – this involved the other accused, not Musngi et al who were acquitted.
The Court of Appeals had acquitted Musngi. So technically, that was no longer in issue at the Supreme Court; you cannot appeal an acquittal. What was on appeal was the finding of guilt on the other accused – Antonio Mariano Almeda, Junel Anthony Ama, Renato Bantug, Jr., and Vincent Tecson
Almeda was the former chief of staff of Mikey Arroyo. Also an associate in the company that owned the house in San Francisco.
#10. Pangalangan does not know how to do the PR and political game.
Ellen, dagdag ko, Antonio Mariano (Nani) Almeda was the NP candidate for congress in Caloocan in 2010. Buti na lang natalo. Mayayabang sa Sta. Ana/San Lazaro yang mga yan lalo na nung nakaupo pa si Gloria, miyembro rin yata ng Horseracing Mafia. Nakakuha rin ng kontrata yan sa Pagcor City yan at dati kong supplier ng power tools (Junna Industrial). Yung tatay, sikat na breeder ng kabayo.
Kundi ba naman sinuswerte, yung homicide kay Leny Villa, na-downgrade sa serious physical injuries na may max hatol na 4 years+ lang. (Yung kaibigan kong si Jonas Karl Perez, kasama sa na-acquit.)
Di pa nadeesisyunan, na-serve na agad yung prison term. Ang galing diba? Pagkatapos na-affirm yung guilt, sabay laya. Hayup ang hustisya diba?
Siyempre naman, nanay ng barkada mo presidente ng Pilipinas.
Yes, maykayabangan nga itong si Almeda. I met with him when I did the Mikey Arroyo San Francisco house.
A horse racing aficionado helped me get an interview with him.
Yes, I remember he ran for congress under NP last election.