PRESS RELEASE
Date: 04 June 2012
CJ applicants now required to submit waiver
on bank accounts, SALN, ITR - Chiz
PHOTO FROM: RAISINGPINOYBOYS.COM |
Escudero, the Senate representative to the JBC, made
the motion in today’s deliberation of the council, the first since former Chief
Justice Renato Corona was removed from office last week. The senator’s proposal
was unanimously carried by the collegial body.
Since the conclusion of the five-month-long
impeachment of Corona, Escudero has been pushing for the inclusion of waiver as
additional requirement for all seeking to become the next top magistrate.
Aspirants who are from the government will be asked
to provide their SALNs and those from the private sector will be required to
submit the income tax returns (ITR) from two previous years.
“The new requirement covers applicants and nominees
from both the private and government sectors. The waiver includes bank deposits
on local and foreign currencies and the opening of their SALNs and ITRs in
favor of the JBC. This will allow the council to check if indeed their bank
accounts are reflected in their SALNs or ITRs,” Escudero said.
Under the existing JBC requirements, all court
applicants must be Filipino citizens; possess proven competence, integrity,
probity and independence and a member of the Philippine bar; at least 40 years
old; and have served 15 years or more as a judge of a lower court or in the
practice of law in the Philippines.
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In the next few days, the JBC will publish notices of vacancy and
acceptance of application and nomination for the highest magistrate position
which will now include the newly imposed waiver requirement.
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