BY PATRICIA DENISE CHIU AND MARK MERUEÑAS, GMA NEWS
President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday chose peace negotiator and former University of the Philippines College of Law Dean Mario Victor 'Marvic' F. Leonen as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, filling up the seat vacated by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.
The announcement was given by presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda.
Sereno herself replaced ex-CJ Renato Corona who was convicted by the Senate impeachment court in May. Leonen was previously nominated for the chief justice post but declined the nomination.
At 49, Leonen would be the youngest Justice appointed to the Supreme Court since 1938, and the first one below 50 years old since then.
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