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A total of 15 nominees are vying for the post of SC justice and the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) is expected to vote on the shortlist this week.
Nine of the 15 aspirants are from the judiciary, namely Court of Appeals (CA) Presiding Justice Andres Reyes Jr. and CA Associate Justices Ramon Bato Jr., Rosmari Carandang, Magdangal de Leon, Isaias Dicdican, Jose Reyes Jr. and Noel Tijam; Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Ma. Cristina Cornejo; and former regional trial court Judge Adoracion Cruz-Avisado.
The other six are outsiders, namely former University of Perpetual Help System law dean Jose-Santos Bisquera, former energy secretary Raphael Lotilla, De La Salle University law dean Jose Manuel Diokno, Securities and Exchange Commission chair Teresita Herbosa, former Ateneo law dean Cesar Villanueva, and former University of the Philippines law dean and government peace panel chairman Marvic Leonen.
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