udicial and Bar Council member Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra.
“No documents were received from Justices Leonen and Caguioa. I couldn’t speculate on the reason. Either not really interested or unable to complete and submit all the requirements on time,” he said.Leonen had previously said he is not yet “cut out” to be chief justice of the Supreme Court.Both Bernabe and Gesmundo are products of the Ateneo Law School, while Hernando graduated from the San Beda College of Law.
Bernabe has been in the Supreme Court long enough to concur in the rulings acquitting former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of plunder in July 2016, allowing dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in November 2016, and upholding the constitutionality of the imposition of martial law in Mindanao in 2017 and its extensions in 2018 and 2019.
Since Hernando joined the high court, the three all voted to uphold the closure of Boracay Island, to dismiss petitions asking the government to conduct free COVID-19 mass testing and requiring the President to disclose his medical records, to refer the plea of prisoners to be released to trial courts, and to junk Bongbong Marcos’ vice presidential election protest.
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