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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/08/24/20180824-justices_diosdado_peralta_official.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div>MANILA - The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted Supreme Court Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta to be the country&#x27;s top magistrate.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/24/18/de-castro-peralta-bersamin-in-shortlist-to-be-next-chief-justice">De Castro, Peralta, Bersamin in shortlist to be next chief justice</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/08/16/18/watch-associate-justice-diosdado-peralta-applies-for-top-magistrate-vacancy">WATCH: Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta applies for top magistrate vacancy</a></li></ul>Peralta was appointed to the high court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in January 2009, making him the third Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice to be appointed to the SC. He finished his law degree at the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law in 1979.His stint in government began in 1987 as Third Assistant Laoag City Fiscal; he moved to the Manila Prosecutor’s Office in 1988.Peralta joined the judiciary in 1994 as Presiding Judge of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 95, a special criminal court on heinous crimes and drugs cases.He is a recipient of the Judicial Excellence Awards as an outstanding regional trial court judge in 2002. On March 28, 2008, he became the Presiding Justice of the Sandiganbayan. Peralta is a Sectoral Ulirang Ama Awardee on Law and Judiciary, an award he received in 2006. He was a Bar reviewer, professor, lecturer, and resource person in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Remedial Law, and Trial Technique in several universities. <div>DECISIONS/PONENCIAS</div>November 2008 Affirmed a Court of Appeals ruling in November 2008 that found 17 Abu Sayyaf Group members guilty for the kidnapping of hospital personnel in Lamitan, Basilan in 2001. June 2012 Upheld the option to purchase entered into by the Commission on Elections and automated election systems provider SMARTMATIC-TIM regarding the purchase of more than 82,000 units of Precinct Count Optical Scan machines to be used in the 2013 national and local automated elections.May 2014 Junked a petition that sought to lower the penalties imposed on estafa cases under the Revised Penal Code on the basis of inflation. February 2015 Junked Philippine Military Academy cadet Aldrin Cudia’s petition challenging his dismissal from the academyFebruary 2015 Ruled that income derived by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation from its gaming operations such as the operation and licensing of gambling casinos, gaming clubs, and similar amusement establishments, gaming pools and related operations shall not be subjected to corporate income tax.November 2016 Upheld the legality of the burial of President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani<div>VOTING HISTORY</div>December 2010 Voted to strike down as unconstitutional President Benigno Simeon Aquino’s Executive Order No. 1, Creating the Truth Commission for limiting its scope only to the previous Arroyo administration thereby violating the equal protection clause in the 1987 Constitution. November 2011 Voted in favor of the distribution of Cojuangco-owned Hacienda Luisita’s 4,915-hectare farmlands to farmer-beneficiaries. January 2016 Voted to uphold the constitutionality of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and the United States March 2016 Voted in favor of the natural-born Filipino citizenship of Senator Grace PoeNovember 2013 Voted to declare the Priority Development Assistance Fund unconstitutionalOctober 2017 Voted to uphold the arrest of Senator Leila De Lima over alleged involvement in the National Bilibid Prison illegal drug trade December 2017 Voted to uphold the constitutionality of President Rodrigo Duterte’s imposition of Martial law in Mindanao and suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpusFebruary 2018 Voted to uphold the constitutionality of President Rodrigo Duterte’s yearlong extension of Martial Law in MindanaoJune 2018 (final decision) Voted to oust Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on petition for quo warranto, ruling that she was ineligible for the post for failure to faithfully file her annual sworn Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth during her 20-year teaching stint at the University of the Philippines College of Law, and submitting only 3 instead of 10 SALNs upon her application for Chief Justice in July 2012.

The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted Supreme Court Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta to be the country's top magistrate.

The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted Supreme Court Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta to be the country's top magistrate.

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PROFILE: Diosdado Peralta

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Published August 24, 2018 07:52 PM PHT

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Updated August 25, 2018 02:55 AM PHT

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