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Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, the favored choice of President Aquino III to replace sacked Chief Justice Renato Corona, is out of the race for the highest post in the judiciary. On August 13, the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) did not include her in the shortlist of nominees for chief justice after she was disqualified due to the disbarment cases filed against her. The JBC submitted a list of 8 — 5 Court insiders and only 3 outsiders — to President Aquino who has until August 27 to make his final choice from the shortlist. In the shortlist are Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio who is the most senior in the high court, followed by SC Justice Roberto Abad, SC Justice Arturo Brion, SC Justice Ma Lourdes Sereno, Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza, former San Juan Rep Ronaldo Zamora, SC Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, and former Ateneo Law Dean Cesar Villanueva.
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