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Reyes appointed as Associate Justice of Supreme Court By DAVID CAGAHASTIAN http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN2007080299232.html President Arroyo has appointed Court of Appeals (CA) Presiding Justice Ruben Reyes to the Supreme Court (SC), Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye announced yesterday. Reyes was chosen after Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Gregory Ong voluntarily relinquished his appointment to the 15-man High Court after questions were raised on his citizenship. Before becoming CA presiding justice, Reyes served as CA associate justice from March, 1994 to December 22, 2005. Reyes also served as a regional trial court judge in Bataan and Manila for 10 years, and was an assistant city fiscal of Manila for nine years. Reyes had been included in the short-lists prepared by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) for nominees to the 15-member SC five times before finally getting appointed to the High Tribunal. The JBC is the constitutional body which nominates candidates for members of the Judiciary. Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita downplayed questions on Reyes' age, citing his acceptability to the other members of the SC and the support of the JBC in recommending him for appointment to the SC despite another possible technicality that could hinder the appointment. If the promulgation of his appointment to the SC would be deemed as the time of his appointment as SC associate justice, Reyes, 68, would only be able to serve for one year and five months before reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 on January 3, 2009. The Constitution states that the JBC should not consider for nomination those who may no longer be able to serve the SC for at least one and one-half years, "to discourage the appointment of those who would not be able to serve it for a reasonably sufficient time." Ermita said candidates to the SC who have already hurdled the JBC's nomination process are already deemed qualified for appointment to the High Court since it is assumed that the JBC, which has the Chief Justice as ex-officio chairman, has already screened candidates for legal impediments to their possible appointment. "From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it." Matthew 11:12 Do you want to be a worldchanger? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldchangers2010/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldchangers2010/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldchangers2010/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
