The nomination and selection process for the position of chief justice has run its course and we must begin to accept and congratulate ex-Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin on his new post, regardless of the stance we all took on the matter before the appointment was announced on Wednesday.
Some quarters immediately grumbled over President Rodrigo Duterte’s breach of a promise to base his choice of chief justice on seniority in the high court. Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio had been expected by many supporters to be formally appointed to the position because of his seniority in the Supreme Court.
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