Diosdado Peralta is new Chief Justice

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Supreme Court Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta as the new Chief Justice.

Duterte picked Peralta from the three names shortlisted by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) replacing Lucas Bersamin, who retired from his post last Oct. 18.

Peralta said he intends to address the problem of case backlog, continue revisions to the Rules of Court, train justices, and monitor performance of judges in his Supreme Court Chief Justice tenure.

Peralta, a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law, has worked in the private sector before joining government service as an assistant city prosecutor in Laoag City and Manila.

He was appointed as Presiding Judge of Branch 95 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City in 1994 and was promoted to the Sandiganbayan in 2002, and became its Presiding Justice in 2008.

Peralta was named by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as one of SC’s associate justice in 2009.

Peralta was the third chief justice appointee of President Duterte after previously chosing Bersamin and Teresita Leonor De Castro./PN

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