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Republic of the Philippines, SUPREME COURT, En Banc and JUDICIAL and BAR COUNCIL, Manila In Re: JBC opening/acceptance of nominations and applications (not later than February 4, 2010) for the position of next Chief Justice (dated January 20, 2010); Letter from the Asia Pacific Bar Association (headed by Rafael Lucila) calling on the Council to initiate the constitutional process of “filling in the vacancy in the position of the Chief Justice;” Verified Application for Chief Justice by Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr.; Nomination by Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr. of Atty. Henry R. Villarica, Atty. Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr., SC Associate Justices Arturo D. Brion and Conchita Carpio-Morales for the position of Chief Justice subject to their ratification of the nomination or later consent thereof; with Verified Petition- Letter to (1) CONSIDER the case at bar/pleading/Letter, an administrative matter and cause it to be appropriately DOCKETED, and (2) to DIRECT the Clerk of Court to immediately SERVE copies of the Resolution on (a) the Office of the President, (b) the Office of the Solicitor General, (c) JBC, and To All Whom it May Concern. Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr., 123 Dahlia, Alido, Malolos, 3000 Bulacan, Philippines, Petitioner-Applicant, A. M. No. ________________________ X------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------X Verified Application and Nomination With Urgent Administrative Omnibus Motion to Docket the Case at Bar as Administrative Matter (under the Jurisprudence of A.M. No. 98-5-01-SC November 9, 1998 - In Re Hon. Placido B. Vallarta, et al .) Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno, JBC Chairman, Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera, Sen. Chiz Escudero, Rep. Matias Defensor, Dean Amado Dimayuga Jr., Atty. J. Conrado Castro, and retired CA justice Aurora Santiago-Lagman, and Atty. Maria Luisa D. Villarama, ex-officio JBC Secretary and the JBC Secretariat, and Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno and The Members, En Banc, Supreme Court, Manila Your Honors, Undersigned petitioner-applicant-movant, Judge Florentino V. Floro, by HIMSELF and for HIMSELF, as litigant / movant-petitioner- applicant in the case at bar, AND WITH LEAVE OF THIS HONORABLE COURT-Judicial and Bar Council, most respectfully avers that: 1. He received notices by newspaper, of the JBC opening/acceptance of nominations and applications (not later than 1 February 4, 2010) for the position of next Chief Justice (dated January 20, 2010).1 2. The papers published that a Letter (from the Asia Pacific Bar Association, headed by Rafael Lucila) calling on the Council to initiate the constitutional process of “filling in the vacancy in the position of the Chief Justice;” was received by the OCJ (Vide footnote No. 1). 3. He is hereby applying for the post of Chief Justice, on the condition that the JBC will submit his name as one of the list of the nominees only to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, that is, not to the next Prime Minister or President, as the case may be; he nominates Atty. Henry R. Villarica, Atty. Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr., SC Associate Justices Arturo D. Brion and Conchita Carpio-Morales for the position of Chief Justice subject to their ratification of the nomination or later consent thereof, on the condition that the JBC will submit their names only to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, that is, not to the next Prime Minister or President, as the case may be. 4. Accordingly, he prays to the Court to (1) CONSIDER the case at bar/pleading/Letter, an administrative matter and cause it to be appropriately DOCKETED, and (2) to DIRECT the Clerk of Court to 1 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/181860/jbc-opens-nomination-for-next-chief-justice 01/18/2010 JBC opens nomination for next chief justice The Philippines’ Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has “unanimously" agreed to start nominations for the replacement of the country’s outgoing Chief Justice Reynato Puno. The JBC, tasked by the 1987 Constitution to submit nominees for vacant judicial posts, will seek experts’ opinions whether it was legal to find a replacement for Puno.This has prompted Malacañang to reiterate what it has said all along: That President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo can appoint the replacement of Puno despite conflicting Constitutional provisions regarding the matter. The announcement, which was made by Cabinet Secretary Silvestre Bello III, cited JBC’s decision to open nominations for Puno’s replacement. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/20/10/jbc-opens-nominations-next-chief-justice 01/20/2010 JBC opens nominations for next chief justice The JBC, through its ex-officio secretary and Clerk of Court, lawyer Ma. Luisa Villarama, said the council will be accepting applications and recommendations not later than February 4, 2010. The council will also accept sworn complaints, written reports or opposition against any candidates not later than February 1, 2010. The Judicial Bar and Council on Wednesday announced the opening for application or recommendation for the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, which will be vacated by Chief Justice Reynato Puno when he retires on May 17. “If the JBC chaired by the Chief Justice will start processing, then that impliedly recognizes the authority of the President to appoint," Bello said. “We are being sustained by the JBC which is a branch of the Supreme Court." Section 15, Article VII of the Philippine Constitution – which prohibits the incumbent from appointing anyone to any executive position two months before a presidential election – does not apply in Puno’s case, Arroyo’s allies claim. Instead, Section 4(1), Article 8 – which mandates that a Supreme Court vacancy should be filled within 90 days once the position remains vacant – is the provision that should be considered. Bello recognized that conflicting Constitutional provisions covering Puno’s replacement need to be reconciled. But at the same time, he said that “the [better] interpretation that would give life and prevent hiatus should be given the better interpretation." The post of Chief Justice should not be allowed to stay unoccupied, especially since the Chief Magistrate chairs the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, which hears poll protests involving the president and the vice-president. The JBC should be allowed to fulfill its mandate “without politicizing it by throwing wrong perceptions, intentions, and motivations," Bello added. 2 immediately SERVE copies of the Resolution on (a) the Office of the President, (b) the Office of the Solicitor General, (c) JBC, and To All Whom it May Concern. Grounds and Extraordinary Merits of Judge Floro’s Application for the post of Chief Justice 5. The following evidence is submitted in support of his application and nominations, thusly: i) Judge Floro is a Visionary and Prophet. He has accurately predicted in his “Angel of Death” 1996 and other editions, more than 800 dire prophecies with impeccability. Since 2008, he had been bestowed more than 21 visions and apparitions of Mary and the Eucharist with vivid images and unequivocal messages duly filed with this Court of last resort.2 ii) Judge Floro accurately predicted in writing the downfall of Erap (Annex D) and surgery of Davide, Jr. and lung cancer death of Diego Gutierrez (Annexes D and 3), the verbal and written predictions of the SC appointment of Justices Corona (Annex A), De Leon, Jr. Capio-Morales (Annex B), Callejo, Sr., Teresita de Castro (in Wikipedia), Brion (Annexes C, C-a and C-2), del Castillo (by phone to Atty. Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr.), Chief Justice Puno’s appointment against Quisumbing and Miriam Defensor- Santiago, by 3 hours card reading with Marilyn Puno Santiago, SC Conference hall.3 iii) Judge Floro predicted the September 23-24, 2009 dire tragedies - (ROPE) Rod Nazario, Ondoy, Pepeng and Global Millennium Earthquakes, World Record Extra-judicial Killings of 30 journalists in Ampatuan Massacre – when the Court expunged from the Records his Motions to Enthrone the Eucharist and Mary in the 5 mystic fires courts he predicted (Annexes 1, 1-1 and 2), including the enthronement of Minita Viray Chico-Narario (Annexes AA, BB, CC and DD). 2 http://twitter.com/judgefloro http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118999288641229392.html?mod=psp_free_today http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5261856.stm http://www..lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/mar2006/am_rtj-99-1460_2006.html http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florentino_Floro&oldid=291975074 http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Judgefloro&oldid=16482677 http://www.blogger.com/profile/08050768475939438767 3 http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/resolutions/2006/nov/am_2006_24_sc.htm [A.M. No. 2006-24-SC. November 14, 2006] JUDGE FLORENTINO V. FLORO, JR. v. MRS. MARILYN PUNO SANTIAGO AND JASMIN MATEO Nov 14 2006 3 iv) Judge Floro holds the Ateneo Law School 1975-1985 unbroken record (not duplicated by 10 Ateneo Valedictorians, of 91% in criminal law review under Dean Antonio L. Gregorio, the No. 1 terror professor Ateneo ever had); he placed 12th in the 1983 Philippine Bar Examination, with a very high bar rating of 87.55% in one of the hardest examination in Philippine history (only 21.3% passed; 65% of both Ateneo and University of the Philippines College of Law students failed because of the taxation bar subject). This rating ties with that of SC Justice Antonio T. Carpio. v) Judge Floro became immortal in world history on April 7, 2006.4 “ [g]reat cases like hard cases make bad law. ” - Northern Securities Co. v. United States, 193 US 197 (1904),[307](Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., dissenting) “ The 'establishment of religion' clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither can force nor influence a person to go to or to remain away from church against his will or force him to profess a belief or disbelief in any religion. No person can be punished for entertaining or professing religious beliefs or disbeliefs, for church attendance or non-attendance.
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