Carpio suggests clipping president’s power to appoint justices

The nation's president should not be the only person who gets to appoint members of the judiciary, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has suggested.

He said the Constitution may be amended to clip the president’s power to appoint justices to the high court and adopt a system similar to other countries where the legislature and the judiciary also get to pick appointees to the court. President Rodrigo Duterte will be able to appoint a majority to the SC by the time his term ends in 2022, which has raised some concerns about the high court’s independence — especially since it has taken the side of the administration in several key issues in recent years.“It depends, really, on the judge-justices themselves because they are free to decide cases,” he said.

Independence and Integrity please

When it's in your favor ok lng. When it's not you start whining!

bakit ngayon lang?

true....dapat election among the justices.

Sus, si ka lang na appoint kaya nasasabi mo yan. 🤣

Hahaha! Bkit di mo noon sinabi yan? lol

Then amend the constitution.

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