Davide is set to retire this year and the next SC chief justice has narrowed down to PUNO and PANGANIBAN..but in your opinion who do you think should replace DAVIDE [aside from these two] who can match the exemplary achievement of our Cebuano chief justice?
Know the Candidate...
Hon. Reynato S. Puno
A MAN OF LAW, prose and religion, Mr. Justice Reynato S. Puno exemplifies the modern Filipino intellectual.
His words have always had a profound effect on his readers. In describing Justice Puno’s mastery of pen, a colleague wrote:
Like a trained surgeon, he uses his pen with razor-like precision to separate the excise fabrication from truth and pretension from reality. In the process, he gives life to populist causes and libertarian ideals. Darting, gutsy and erudite, he oftentimes wages lonely battles against conventional wisdom with his stirring dissents and insightful opinion. (Panganiban, Justice and Faith, p. 142)
He began to display his writing prowess in school by winning the much coveted editorship of the University of the Philippines’ Philippine Collegian in 1961. While in law school, he served as Chairman of the Law Register, and Recent Documents Editor of the Philippine Law Journal of the UP College of Law. In recognition of his campus leadership, he was given the Outstanding Award for Excellence and Leadership by the Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity for the years 1960, 1961 and 1962.
http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/profiles/j_puno.htm
Justice Artemio Panganiban
Prolific Writer. Justice Panganiban is the concurrent chairperson of the Supreme Court (SC) Third Division and the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET), as well as of seven SC committees involved mainly in judicial reforms. Described by a colleague (Justice Antonio T. Carpio) as “undoubtedly the most prolific writer of the Court, bar none,” he has during the last ten years penned more than 1,000 full-length decisions and ten books plus several thousand minute resolutions disposing of controversies. As Justice Romeo J. Callejo Sr. puts it, “One book a year and no cases left undecided. This is Mr. Justice Artemio V. Panganiban’s unsurpassed record. It is also the best summation of judicial reform.” Another colleague (Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez) lauds his preeminent judicial craftsmanship, social philosophies and literary style ....”
Diverse Subjects. Known for his pro-poor opinions, he has nonetheless spoken for the Court on a wide range of legal controversies touching on diverse subjects, like mathematics, economics, business, accounting, and even canon law. A much sought-after speaker, he has addressed audiences around the world on various subjects, including five lectures on the biosciences in two international fora held in Chile in 2004. Of his “mental dexterity,” Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide Jr. explains that Justice Panganiban “extricates the possible from the hypothetical, the emerging from the established, the literature in science and the law in art.”
Awards. He has been the recipient of over 200 awards and citations, including honorary doctoral degrees. Honorary membership in the Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society (University of the Philippines Chapter) and in the Consular Corps of the Philippines have likewise been conferred upon him.
Some Past Activities. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1995, Justice Panganiban had already distinguished himself as a practicing lawyer, law professor, Catholic lay leader and businessman. After three years as an assistant in the law office of his mentor, former Senate President Jovito R. Salonga, he formed his own law firm (Panganiban, Benitez, Parlade, Africa and Barinaga), which he headed until he joined the Supreme Court in 1995. (The law firm has now been dissolved.) He also taught law in three schools. He has been, among others, vice-president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry; governor of the Management Association of the Philippines; president of the Philippine Daily Inquirer; and president of the Rotary Club of Manila. He was the only Filipino appointed by the late Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical Council for the Laity for the 1996-2001 term.
Education. In 1959, even prior to his graduation, he was named as the “most outstanding student” of Far Eastern University. After finishing his Bachelor of Laws degree cum laude in 1960, he placed sixth in the bar examinations of that same year. A popular campus figure, he was, among others, a founder and past president of the National Union of Students of the Philippines, and past president of the FEU Central Student Organization.
Humble Beginnings. Justice Panganiban graduated with honors from Juan Luna Elementary School and Mapa High School, which are both public schools. To support his studies, he hawked newspapers, peddled cigarettes and shined shoes in the streets of Sampaloc in Manila. During his college days, he sold textbooks to his classmates and bibles to his professors and university officials. The youngest of four children, he was born from impoverished parents who died while he was still in school. But he finished his studies with the support of his elder siblings.
http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/profi...panganiban.htm
WHO should you replace DAVIDE in SC?
Originally Posted by diemjudilla
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