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Guevarra to ‘very seriously’ consider SC nomination ‘at proper time’
Guevarra to ‘very seriously’ consider SC nomination ‘at proper time’
Katrina Domingo,
ABS-CBN News
Published Nov 20, 2019 02:05 PM PHT
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Updated Nov 20, 2019 04:03 PM PHT
MANILA - Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday said he would think about accepting his nomination as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, saying he still has “plenty of work to do” at the Department of Justice (DOJ).
MANILA - Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday said he would think about accepting his nomination as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, saying he still has “plenty of work to do” at the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Retired Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Raoul Victorino nominated Guevarra as Supreme Court Associate Justice in a November 19 letter to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).
Retired Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Raoul Victorino nominated Guevarra as Supreme Court Associate Justice in a November 19 letter to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).
DOJ Sec. Menardo Guevarra says he will think about accepting nomination as SC Assoc. Justice, adds he has to consider his current DOJ workload. pic.twitter.com/78sDyKf0wu
— Kat Domingo (@_katrinadomingo) November 20, 2019
DOJ Sec. Menardo Guevarra says he will think about accepting nomination as SC Assoc. Justice, adds he has to consider his current DOJ workload. pic.twitter.com/78sDyKf0wu
— Kat Domingo (@_katrinadomingo) November 20, 2019
“Thank you for the endorsement but I have to think about it very, very seriously,” Guevarra told reporters at the Senate after the chamber approved the DOJ’s 2020 budget.
“Thank you for the endorsement but I have to think about it very, very seriously,” Guevarra told reporters at the Senate after the chamber approved the DOJ’s 2020 budget.
“I am not hesitating. It’s just that I have lots of work to do pa sa DOJ,” he said.
“I am not hesitating. It’s just that I have lots of work to do pa sa DOJ,” he said.
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“I don’t think any lawyer worth his salt would close the possibility of being appointed to such a lofty position,” he said.
“I don’t think any lawyer worth his salt would close the possibility of being appointed to such a lofty position,” he said.
“At the proper time perhaps I’ll consider it,” he said.
“At the proper time perhaps I’ll consider it,” he said.
Victorino, in his nomination letter, described the DOJ chief as someone who “possesses the necessary credentials, professional experience and the motivation to discharge the duties as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.”
Victorino, in his nomination letter, described the DOJ chief as someone who “possesses the necessary credentials, professional experience and the motivation to discharge the duties as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.”
Justice Sec Menardo Guevarra nominated by Ret. Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Raoul Victorino to Supreme Court associate justice post vacated by now Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta. pic.twitter.com/TZDmKJJu9Z
— Mike Navallo (@mikenavallo) November 20, 2019
Justice Sec Menardo Guevarra nominated by Ret. Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Raoul Victorino to Supreme Court associate justice post vacated by now Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta. pic.twitter.com/TZDmKJJu9Z
— Mike Navallo (@mikenavallo) November 20, 2019
“I have known Sec. Guevarra to be a person of proven competence, integrity, probity and independence,” Victorino said.
“I have known Sec. Guevarra to be a person of proven competence, integrity, probity and independence,” Victorino said.
Prior to his appointment as DOJ secretary, Guevarra served as Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs in the Office of the President.
Prior to his appointment as DOJ secretary, Guevarra served as Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs in the Office of the President.
He was part of the Philippine legal team that filed the arbitration case against China at the Hague over Beijing’s incursions in the disputed South China Sea.
He was part of the Philippine legal team that filed the arbitration case against China at the Hague over Beijing’s incursions in the disputed South China Sea.
He earned his law degree from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law and placed second in the 1985 Bar Exams.
He earned his law degree from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law and placed second in the 1985 Bar Exams.
Guevarra’s nomination was filed for the vacancy left after Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta was named to the high court’s helm last month.
Guevarra’s nomination was filed for the vacancy left after Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta was named to the high court’s helm last month.
--With a report from Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
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