Live coverage of Chief Justice selection ‘impossible’

CALLS for media coverage on interviews of aspirants for the post of Chief Justice may not be granted due to lack of time to amend the rules, a member of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) said over the weekend.
“Changing the rules will entail a lot of time for discussion. There’s also a requirement of publication. I am afraid that the amendment will not make it to our timetable (of coming up with a shortlist),” Senator Francis Escudero told reporters.
Escudero echoed the position taken by Milagros Cayosa, a regular member from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, who said they have to stick to the rules to protect the reputation of any applicant from attacks.
In a resolution dated September 23, 2002, Rule No. JBC-10 states that “cameras and tape recorders, however, shall not be allowed inside the room (during the public interview). No live TV (television) and radio coverage of the proceedings shall be permitted.”
Because of this, reporters who will cover the public interviews in the first week of July will have to record the proceedings through pen and paper.
The JBC is expected to submit at three names of nominees for the next Chief Justice to President Benigno Aquino III on July 16. Last week, the JBC announced that applications and recommendations for the post vacated by deposed Chief Justice Renato Corona will only be accepted by the JBC until June 18.
During his stint as the Senate representative to the JBC from 2001 to 2007, Senator Francis Pangilinan opened to the public the interview process. He hopes the JBC will heed his request anew to make the voting process just as transparent.
“The rules are not set in stone and may be amended as the JBC sees sit, for as the times call for change. We have learned fresh lessons from the recently concluded impeachment trial and must do our best to avoid making the same mistakes,” Pangilinan said.
Senator Ralph Recto, however, said the JBC must be allowed to work with little distraction as the search is not akin to discovering the next “American Idol” who needs to impress the body with his or her “good diction, fancy wardrobe and cerebral exhibition.”
“Let’s not bring in the cameras inside the JBC, one televised impeachment drama should be enough for one year,” he said.
Corona was removed by the Senate impeachment court last May 29 for betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution for not declaring some P180 million worth of dollar and peso accounts in his asset statement.
Among the early nominees as his successor are the five senior justices of the Supreme Court led by Antonio Carpio, Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares, women’s rights lawyer Katrina Legarda, ex-Ateneo de Manila law school dean Cesar Villanueva and former University of the Philippines law dean Raul Pangalanan.
Aquino is required to name the new top magistrate in 90 days or until August 28.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2012/06/10/live-coverage-chief-justice-selection-impossible-226145

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Clearwater Resort and Country Club, Clark Pampanga
Creekside Road near Centennial Expo,
Clark Freeport, Pampanga Philippines 2023
(045) 889-5151 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177
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Getting to this lake and beach resort in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines

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3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
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Hot Line for what’s happening in Clark: 045 889-5151 or 0927-940-2669 ask for Loydha

0915-542-6250 (Jeramie)