WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) will interview on Friday, March 12, the applicants for the chief justice position.

Here are the sequence of the interviews, by order of seniority:

• 9 am to 11 am – Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas Bernabe
• 1 pm to 3 pm – Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo
• 3 pm to 5 pm – Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando

This pick for a new chief justice is the next test for President Rodrigo Duterte, and pivotal for a Supreme Court under intensifying pressure to stand more strongly for human rights.

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