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Those who confirmed their nomination were Court of Appeals (CA) Justices Noel Tijam, Magdangal de Leon and Isaias Dicdican; Cesar Villanueva, chairman of the Governance Commission on Government Owned and Controlled Corporations; De La Salle law founding dean Jose Manuel Diokno; and former Davao City Regional Trial Court judge Adoracion Cruz Avisado.
CA Presiding Justice Andres Reyes Jr., CA Associate Justice Ramon Bato Jr. and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Teresita Herbosa, who was among the nominees for chief magistrate, applied for the post on their own.
The other nominees were peace panel chair Marvic Leonen, National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) Commissioner Joseph Gerald Mabilog, former Energy secretary Raphael Lotilla and SC chief attorney Edna Dino.
Leonen, Mabilog and Lotilla did not confirm their nomination while Dino declined the post.
According to the JBC, nominees who did not confirm their nomination could not be considered candidates for SC associate justice.
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