sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday questioned the Supreme Court decision that Congress could have only one representative to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), saying the court only wants to maintain its “firm hold” on the multisectoral council.
The Supreme Court stood pat on its earlier ruling that only one member of Congress should be at the Judicial and Bar Council.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Friday said she was not aware that Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno had fired psychologists and psychiatrists from the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).
He has accepted a Supreme Court associate justice nomination but as far as Malacañang is concerned lawyer Marvic Leonen is not yet done with his job as the government’s chief negotiator with the Muslim rebels.
An appointment of government peace chief negotiator Marvic Leonen to the Supreme Court would not be a loss to the ongoing peace talks between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and might benefit the peace process, two political analysts interviewed by the Philippine Daily Inquirer said on Wednesday.
The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Wednesday agreed to submit to President Aquino a list of seven nominees for a seat on the 15-member Supreme Court left vacant following the elevation of Associate Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to the post of ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona.
All the 15 aspirants for the vacant post at the Supreme Court are qualified to be voted into the short list of nominees, according to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).
The top leadership of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sees no problem should government’s chief negotiator leave the negotiating table for the Supreme Court bench.
The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Monday backtracked from its earlier pronouncement banning live coverage of interviews of candidates for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court ordered the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to release to Associate Justice Arturo Brion the results of his psychological and psychiatric tests.
The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has maintained that it will not accede to any Chief Justice post candidate’s request for the results of his or her psychological and psychiatric examinations unless it is directed by the Supreme Court to do so.
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has sought a review of the process and procedures of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), including the psychological evaluation, in screening applicants to vacant positions in the judiciary.
The Executive Committee of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) will meet to discuss, among others, the possibility of abolishing the psychology and psychiatric examination as part of the requirements for aspirants to the judiciary and the Office of the Ombudsman.
