Newly appointed Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro will assume her new position on Tuesday, Aug. 28.
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio confirmed that after taking her oath, De Castro will preside her first en banc (full court) session as chief justice.
She will also preside the oral argument on the constitutionality of the government’s withdrawal of membership from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
De Castro was appointed Chief Justice a day after the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) submitted the shortlist of candidates to President Rodrigo Duterte.
She will stay in office for only 44 days from Aug. 28 to Oct. 10, 2018. /ee
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