Daily Tribune
The Judicial and Bar Council and Integrated Bar of the Philippines signed a memorandum of agreement on the conduct of background investigation and nomination, that will serve as an additional tool in screening applicants to the judiciary, including the Office of the Ombudsman.
The MoA was signed during the 35th anniversary of JBC's creation last 7 December at the Philippine International Convention City in Pasay City.
The JBC was represented by Executive Committee Chairperson and retired Supreme Court associate justice Jose Catral Mendoza, and IBP which was represented by its president Atty. Burt M. Estrada.
It covers the undertaking of the IBP to conduct independent background investigations on applicants to judicial posts.
The IBP also undertakes to issue resolutions for nomination through its local, regional and national offices.
The composition of the JBC are Chief Justice Gesmundo, Ex-Officio Chairperson; Secretary of Justice Jesus Crispin C. Remulla, Ex-Officio Member; Senator Francis N. Tolentino and Rep. Juliet Marie De Leon Ferrer, Ex-Officio Members; Justice Mendoza, Executive Committee Chairperson and Regular Member representing the Retired Supreme Court Justices; Judge Toribio E. Ilao, Jr. (Ret.), Regular Member representing the Private Sector; Judge Franklin J. Demonteverde (Ret.), Regular Member representing the IBP; and Atty. Nesauro H. Firme, Regular Member representing the Academe.
