MANILA, Philippines — Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, one of the most senior justices in the Supreme Court, said Friday he is “not cut out at the current time” to be Chief Justice.
During the online forum of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP), Leonen was asked if he would accept his automatic nomination for the post this March once Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta retires.
“No comment yet. I am honored to have been automatically nominated, but that is also a function of seniority, but of course in my mind I think am looking at what I should do, and more likely, I am better at supporting a chief justice rather than being one. But as I said…
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