Remulla, 6 others make shortlist for ombudsman

Despite his legal woes, Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla, along with six other applicants, made it to the shortlist of nominees for the ombudsman post, which the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) submitted to Malacañang yesterday.

- ELIZABETH MARCELO

In a letter dated Oct. 6 and addressed to President Marcos, the JBC said that after council deliberation on the same date, it selected seven nominees qualified to replace former ombudsman Samuel Martires, whose term ended last July 27.

The letter was stamped as "received" by the Office of Executive Secretary also on Oct. 6.

The letter, which the JBC uploaded on its website, showed that aside from Remulla, also nominated for ombudsman were former Commission on Audit chairman and incumbent Philippine Competition Commission chairman Michael Aguinaldo, Philippine Postal Corp. chairman Stephen Cruz, Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Gaerlan, Office of the President Deputy Executive Secretary for legal affairs Anna Liza Logan, retired SC associate justice Mario Sandiganbayan Lopez and Associate Justice Michael Frederick Musngi.