Manila Regional Trial Court Judge Ma Theresa Gomez-Estoesta was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III on Monday, June 23, to the anti-graft court’s 5th division, filling the vacancy at last. Three days before, Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno rebuffed the Palace for asking the Judicial and Bar Council to review the list it had submitted to the Office of the President in February 2014. The Constitution prescribes a 90-day deadline for the president to fill vacancies from the time the JBC submits its nominees. In 2012, Estoesta received the Chief Justice Cayetano Arellano award as most outstanding judge for second-level courts. Her division is handling the plunder and graft cases against Senator Jinggoy Estrada.
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