By Perfecto T. Raymundo, Jr.
A member of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Monday confirmed that the name of Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary
Leila M. De Lima was excluded from the shortlist of nominees for the post of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (SC).
Atty. Jose Mejia, ex-officio member of the JBC representing the academe, said that the DOJ Secretary was disqualified from the position vacated by impeached former Chief Justice Renato C. Corona.
Earlier, JBC said that there was a need for a "unanimous vote" of the eight members of the JBC in order to dismiss the "privileged motion" questioning the integrity of some of the 20 nominees for the post of Chief Justice.
Iloilo City (5th District) Rep. Niel Tupas, Jr., ex-officio member of the JBC representing the House of Representatives, said that one of their colleagues in the JBC filed the "killer move" against De Lima, Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairperson Teresita Herbosa.
De Lima, Jardeleza and Herbosa have pending criminal and administrative cases.
De Lima is facing disbarment case before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) in connection with her alleged defiance of the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the SC on the watchlist order (WLO) against former President and now Pampanga (2nd District) Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Under the JBC's Rule 4, Section 5, any nominee with pending criminal or regular administrative cases, pending criminal cases in foreign courts, convicted on any criminal case or administrative case with a fine of not less than P10,000 is disqualified for appointment in any post in the Judiciary, Ombudsman or the Deputy Ombudsmen.
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