Under Section 7 of the Constitution, a member of the Supreme Court must have been for fifteen years or more a judge of a lower court or engaged in the practice of law in the Philippines.
I am quoting this provision in connection with the apparent nomination of BIR Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares as the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. I know she is a CPA-Lawyer. I researched further into her other qualifications as mandated by the above provision, but I failed to get any information on the Lady BIR Chief's biography. As far as I know, most CPA lawyers are generally engaged more in the practice of accountancy than as a lawyer. But I do not wish the prejudge Henares unfairly.
Maybe -- just maybe -- she is really qualified to be Chief Justice on the basis of the above-quoted qualifications. Otherwise, she would have simply declined the nomination from the very outset.
On the other hand, if she has not been a judge or has not practiced law for fifteen years, then she grossly fails in another vital qualification that a SC Justice -- more so a Chief Justice -- must possess: integrity.
At any rate, I must ask the forgiveness of all concerned, particularly the BIR Chief, if my foregoing impressions are not correct.
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