Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta
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On Friday, Feb. 26, the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) is expected to announce the aspirants to Peralta’s post, including who among the five most senior Supreme Court (SC) justices accepted his or her nomination.
Under the rules, the five most senior justices are automatically nominated to the post of Chief Justice. However, once nominated they have to accept their nominations.
The five associate justices, in the order of seniority, are Estela M. Perlas Bernabe, Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen, Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa, Alexander G. Gesmundo, and Ramon Paul L. Hernando.
Former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo (MANILA BULLETIN)
The vice president lamented Marcos’ attempt to spread false information about the finality of the decision of the SC, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), to dismiss his electoral protest.
“He is willing to destroy our institutions, cast doubt on the Comelec, the Supreme Court so he can get his way. For me, there should be no destruction of democratic institution for your political gain. I think this is what’s worse,” Robredo said in Filipino during her weekly radio show.
“Instead of accepting the decision, he wants to cast doubt on the integrity of the institution.”
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday opposed the statement made by Vice President Leni Robredo that the refusal of former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to accept defeat in the 2016 vice presidential race destroys the country’s democratic institutions.
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“It is a strong rejection of their desperate attempts to wash off their bloody record of human rights violations and corruption during Martial Law,” said Danilo Dela Fuente, spokesperson of the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA).
In a statement, Dela Fuente said the loss of the former lawmaker in the 2016 election showed the “people’s strong opposition against historical lies propagated by the Marcoses and their cohorts to rehabilitate the image of the former dictator and his family.”
“It is now clear that Marcos’ baseless and malicious protest and accusations are mere tantrums of a brat who can’t accept defeat,” he said.