The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) have finally marked down the list of nominees for the Supreme Court chief justice position left by former Chief Justice Corona. In the tally posted by JBC, the 20 nominees are now down to 8.
Controversial among the disqualified nominees is 'Justice Secretary Leila de Lima', who happens to have a pending disbarment cases at the Supreme court that's why her nomination is trashed by JBC.
Acting Chief justice Antonio Carpio = 7 votes
SC Associate justice Roberto Abad = 6 votes
SC Associate justice Arturo Brion = 6 votes
Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza = 6 votes
Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno = 6 votes
Former San Juan representative Ronaldo Zamora = 6 votes
SC associate justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro = 5 votes
Former Ateneo De Manila University College of Law Dean Cesar Villanueva = 5 votes
The list seen on the images above will be submitted to President Benigno Aquino III and with it he'll name the next Chief Justice after 2-weeks.
