JBC submits to PBBM 7 nominees to post of Court of Appeals presiding justice

In a transmittal letter to President Marcos, the seven-man council concurrently chaired by Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo nominated CA Associate Justices Nina G. Antonio-Valenzuela, Ramon M. Bato Jr., Apolinario D. Bruselas Jr., Mariflor P. Castillo, Fernanda Lampas Peralta, Marlene B. Gonzales Sison, and Edwin D. Sorongon.

The vacancy occurred when CA Presiding Justice Remedios A. Salazar Fernando retired last Sept. 2 when she turned 70, the mandatory retirement age for judiciary members. With the retirement of Fernando, Peralta – the most senior CA associate justice – assumed the post of acting presiding justice.

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