SC will be fiercely independent despite number of Duterte appointees – Bersamin

“Whoever is the President to appoint, no matter the number of appointees, you can always be sure that the Supreme Court in the deliberations of all these matters of serious concern to the nation will be very fiercely independent,” Bersamin said in an interview with CNN Philippines.

The chief justice gave the assurance that even if the President was the appointing authority on the members of the court, it was not an assurance that High Tribunal would always be in his favor. “Our history the Supreme Court is really that we are no President’s court. I can give you that assurance [na] kahit inappoint buong Supreme Court ng isang Presidente, it is not the assurance na lahat kami mapupunta sa kanya,” he said.“Every time, the first question that I have always asked by media persons is what are you sir a follower of this judicial restraint or judicial activism.

“And if only the most extreme demonstration na lumabag sila, then I go against them. But I am a judicial activist as far as health, environment and so on are concerned,” he added.

He shld tell it to cj sereno

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