MANILA, March 8 — The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) is set to submit to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo its shortlist of nominees for the vacant positions of Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon and Special Prosecutor, respectively. Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez retired from government service on March 3, 2010.
The JBC voted on Monday on the shortlist of nominees to be submitted to the Office of the President.
Those in the shortlist of nominees are Ombudsman Graft Investigator Roque Damian Dator, with seven votes; Assistant Ombudsman Mark Jalandoni, five votes; and retired Court of Appeals (CA) Associate Justice and Presidential Anti-Graft Commissioner Monina Arevalo Zenarosa, five votes.
Likewise, the JBC also voted on the shortlist of nominees for the position of Special Prosecutor to replace Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio who retired on Feb. 14, 2010.
Those in the shortlist are Deputy Special Prosecutor Robert Kallos, with eight votes; Wendel Sulit, five votes; and Zenarosa, five votes. (PNA) scs/PTR