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IV REFORMING THE JBC

IV. REFORMING THE JBC The question is whether the JBC has satisfactorily or merely perfunctorily performed its constitutional duty..   BY CARMELA FONBUENA April 30, 2021 | 11:30:00 PM     Court observers said many of the judiciary s problems are rooted in the JBC, the body that vets nominees to the judiciary.  “When we talk about independence, we’re not only talking about the independence of the SC but the independence of the JBC itself,” said Manuel. The 1987 Constitution created the JBC to limit the president’s discretion to the list the body submits It changed the process under Martial Law, when Marcos made all court appointments, and under the 1935 Constitution, when the president nominated the justices and the legislature confirmed them. 

New Chief Justice may be known after Holy Week, says Roque; Gesmundo is Duterte s personal choice, says Panelo – Manila Bulletin

(FLICKR / FILE PHOTO) 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.

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