MANILA, Philippines – Only three senior justices of the Supreme Court are vying for the Chief Justice post that will become vacant upon Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta’s early retirement on March 27.
Supreme Court’s Public Information Chief and Spokesperson Atty. Brian Keith Hosaka said Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Associate Justices Alexander Gesmundo and Ramon Paul Hernando have “completed the requirements for the application for the position of Chief Justice.”
The three magistrates are among the most five most senior justices of the Supreme Court. It has been a tradition to automatically nominate the five most senior high court justices to the top ju…
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