List of Nominees for the Chief Justice Position

Here is the list of nominees for the Chief Justice position as of June 15 4 PM:

1. Associate Justice Roberto Abad
2. Associate Justice Jose Perez
3. Associate Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno
4. Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio [automatic]
5. Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco, Jr. [automatic]
6. Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro [automatic]
7. Associate Justice Arturo Brion [automatic]
8. Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta [automatic]
9. Justice Secretary Leila De Lima
10. Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza
11. BIR Commissioner Kim Henares
12. Former UP College of Law Dean Marvic Leonen
13. Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento
14. University of the East Law Dean Amado Valdez
15. Former Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla
16. Journalist and former lawmaker Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin, Jr.
17. Former Solicitor General Frank Chavez;
18. Former University of the Philippines College of Law Dean Raul Pangalangan
19. Family law expert Atty. Katrina Legarda
20. Former Ateneo de Manila Law Dean Cesar Villanueva;
21. Retired Judge Manuel Siayngco, Jr.
22. Prof. Rafael Morales
23. Atty. Nepomuceno Aparis
24. IBP National President Roan Libarios
25. Rodolfo Robles nominated

Laguna Assistant State Prosecutor Cesar Sasondoncillo – DECLINED
Jocelyn Esquivel, nurse – DISQUALIFIED
Hilarion Aquino – DISQUALIFIED (age)

The Judicial Bar Council (JBC) will screen these applicants and will recommend the top qualified names to the presidet where he will decide who will sit as the new Chief Justice.