Judicial and Bar Council extends deadline for submission of documentary reqts for applicants/nominees for chief justice to Feb 25, JBC member Justice Sec Menardo Guevarra confirms. SC source says all 5 most senior magistrates accepted their automatic nominations.
Among the 5 most senior SC magistrates, Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Justices Marvic Leonen and Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa were appointed by PNoy while Justices Alexander Gesmundo and Ramon Paul Hernando are Duterte appointees. 
Guevarra also confirms SC resolution expressing its sentiment to exempt 5 most senior SC magistrates from undergoing public interviews and submitting documentary reqts already with the Court. Says JBC to include it in its agenda on Thursday.
Guevarra: “The JBC has extended the APPLICATION PERIOD for SC CJ until 26 Feb 2021. Online and physical submission of the documentary requirements should also be completed before the aforementioned new deadline.”
Guevarra says that “as of today, only two senior associate justices of the SC have submitted the documentary requirements” for the position of chief justice.
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Deadline for CJ post application extended; 5 most senior justices accept nomination
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