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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/01/17/supreme-court-building-jc-011717.jpg"/></figure></div>MANILA- (UPDATE) The Judicial and Bar Council convened on Monday to begin searching for ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno&#x27;s replacement at the Supreme Court.Applicants for the top post in the high tribunal have until July 26 to submit requirements to the JBC. Applications can be made by the applicants themselves or through endorsements by another person, or organization.Candidates to the high court must be at least 40 years old and must have been, for 15 years or more, judges of a lower court or engaged in the practice of law in the Philippines. The most senior of the justices are automatically nominated: Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justices Teresita De Castro, Diosdado Peralta, and Lucas Bersamin.Carpio said last week that he would <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/20/18/carpio-to-decline-chief-justice-nomination">decline the nomination</a>. Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco Jr. is no longer in the running since he will retire on August 8, the JBC said.Requirements for applicants include two complete sets of duly accomplished and notarized personal data sheet and all other documentary requirements, including Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALNs) for those in government service.Applicants are also required to submit certifications or testimonials from reputable government officials and non-governmental organizations, and clearances from the courts, National Bureau of Investigation, Office of the Ombudsman, Office of the Bar Confidant, Integrated Bar of the Philippines, and Philippine National Police in their places of residence.Magistrates of the high court must be of proven competence, integrity, probity, and independence and members of the Philippine Bar.The following are disqualified from becoming the next chief justice:1. Applicants with criminal cases - Those with pending criminal cases in the Philippines even if they are still under preliminary investigation;- Those with pending criminal cases in foreign courts or tribunals; - Those who have been convicted in any criminal case;2. Applicants with administrative cases - Those with pending administrative cases or complaints in the Office of the Ombudsman which are either under fact-finding stage and the applicants were not issued a clearance, or still under administrative adjudication. - Those with pending administrative cases or complaints before any court, office, tribunal, any government office, agency, or instrumentality, or before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines or any association, disciplinary committee or body when, in the determination of the Council, the complaints are serious or grave as to affect their fitness for nomination; <div>Administrative complaints against applicants concerning the merits of cases or alleging errors to their decisions or resolutions shall not be grounds for disqualification. </div>- Those who have been found guilty in an administrative case where the penalty imposed is suspension for a period at least ten (10) days or a fine of at least P10,000 unless they have been granted judicial clemency; 3. Applicants who have been found to have made false statements, misrepresentations, or concealments of material information in their personal data sheet. The opening of the application for the next chief magistrate comes after the Supreme Court, in an unprecedented move, removed Sereno on May 11 by granting a &quot;quo warranto&quot; petition, which cited her alleged failure to fully disclose her wealth when she applied for the chief justice post in 2012.The high court last week affirmed the decision and announced the start of the 90-day period for the selection of Sereno&#x27;s replacement.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/19/18/supreme-court-rules-cj-sereno-ouster-final">Supreme Court rules CJ Sereno ouster final</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/11/18/supreme-court-ousts-chief-justice-sereno">Supreme Court ousts Chief Justice Sereno</a></li></ul>Under the Constitution, President Rodrigo Duterte shall appoint the next chief justice within 90 days from June 19, the time the post was declared vacant with finality.

Applicants for the top post in the high tribunal have until July 26 to submit requirements to the JBC.

Applicants for the top post in the high tribunal have until July 26 to submit requirements to the JBC.

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Published June 25, 2018 02:44 PM PHT

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Updated June 25, 2018 05:14 PM PHT

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