IBP asks members to express views, comments on 7 applicants for Court of Appeals presiding justice
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- The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has urged its members to participate and submit their views or comments on the seven applicants for presiding justice of the Court of Appeals (CA).

Integrated Bar of the Philippines
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has urged its members to participate and submit their views or comments on the seven applicants for presiding justice of the Court of Appeals (CA).
Incumbent CA Presiding Justice Remedios A. Salazar-Fernando will mandatorily retire on Sept. 2, 2023.
The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) had announced that the applicants for the CA presiding justice post are CA Associate Justices Nina G. Antonio-Valenzuela, Ramon M. Bato Jr., Apolinario D. Bruselas Jr., Mariflor P. Castillo, Marlene B. Gonzales-Sison, Fernanda Lampas-Peralta, and Edwin D. Sorongon.
In its social media post, the IBP said “the survey on applicants to the Office of the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals is open until Aug. 11, 2023.”
“JBC welcomes your thoughts, concerns, or comments,” it told its members.
Applicants to the post are set for public interviews by the JBC.
Justices Valenzuela, Bato, Bruselas, and Castillo are set to be interviewed on Aug. 16, while Justices Sison, Peralta and Sorongon will be interviewed on Aug. 17.