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Presidential Legal Adviser Salvador Panelo, on the other hand, disclosed that Associate Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo is the personal choice of President Duterte to be the next chief justice of the Supreme Court.
“As a matter of SOP (standard operating procedure), judicial appointments are confirmed by my office only after they have been received by the Supreme Court. Given the long holiday, the earliest a judicial Appointment can be received by the Court would be this Monday. FYI,” Roque said in a statement Friday, April 2.
The vacancy in the Supreme Court’s top post came after the retirement of Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta on March 22, a position he held for almost one year and five months.
Duterte named Alexander Gesmundo as 27th Chief Justice Panelo By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published April 2, 2021 1:49pm President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo as Chief Justice, a Malacañang official said Friday. “Yes,” Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said in a text message when asked to confirm Gesmundo’s appointment. Panelo added that Gesmundo was Duterte’s “personal choice” to succeed Diosdado Peralta, who left the judiciary on March 27, one year ahead of his compulsory retirement. Duterte’s spokesperson Harry Roque neither confirmed nor denied Gesmundo s appointment. “As a matter of SOP (standard operating procedure), judicial appointments are confirmed by my office only after they have been received by the Supreme Court. Given the long holiday, the earliest a judicial appointment can be received by the Court would be this Monday (April 5),” Roque said.
Supreme Court OKs release of Corona s retirement benefits By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published February 8, 2021 12:08pm The Supreme Court (SC) has approved the immediate release of the retirement benefits and other allowances of the late Chief Justice Renato Corona to his widow, saying his removal by impeachment in 2012 did not bar him or his family from receiving them. In a decision dated January 12, the SC granted the request of Corona’s widow, Ma. Cristina, for the release of retirement benefits equivalent to a five-year lump sum of the salary and other allowances he was receiving at the time of his removal on May 29, 2012 as well as survivorship pension.
Published February 6, 2021, 2:30 PM
Despite his impeachment as head of judiciary in 2012, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that the late Chief Justice Renato C. Corona was entitled to his retirement benefits equivalent to a five-year lump sum of his salary and other allowances.
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In a unanimous full court decision written by Associate Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando, the SC also ruled that Corona’s widow, Ma. Cristina Roco Corona, is entitled to survivorship benefits reckoned from the lapse of the five-year period of lump sum.
Corona was impeached for non-declaration of his statements of assets, liabilities and networth (SALNs). This is the first case in the history of the country’s judiciary.