{"id":260638,"date":"2020-07-06T09:59:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T13:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260638"},"modified":"2020-07-06T09:59:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T13:59:29","slug":"guevarra-declining-sc-nomination-a-personal-decision-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/06\/guevarra-declining-sc-nomination-a-personal-decision-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Guevarra declining SC nomination a \u2018personal decision\u2019: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Secretary Menardo Guevarra during a press briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang. TOTO LOZANO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 It was Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra\u2019s \u201cpersonal decision\u201d to decline his nomination to the Supreme Court, Malaca\u00f1ang said Monday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte had no hand in convincing Guevarra to stay as chief of the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng alam ko po<\/em>\u00a0personal\u00a0na desisyon ito. Ang huling narinig ko po kay Presidente ay kinakailangan lang naman magdesisyon s<\/em>i Secretary Meynard Guevarra,\u00a0at nagdesisyon na po si<\/em>\u00a0Secretary Guevarra (I know this is a personal decision. The last I heard from the President is that Secretary Meynard Guevarra simply has to make a decision, so he already made the decision),\u201d he said in a virtual presser.<\/p>\n

Earlier, retired Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Raoul Victorino again nominated Guevarra as Associate Justice of the High Court.<\/p>\n

However, in a letter dated July 4, Guevarra thanked Victorino for again nominating him, but insisted that his service at the DOJ is \u201cmost needed\u201d amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n

According to Guevarra, the country is facing a \u201chuge and unprecedented crisis\u201d because of Covd-19 and it is \u201cespecially during these troubled times that law and order must be preserved and maintained\u201d.<\/p>\n

This is the second time that Victorino has nominated Guevarra to the post, the first being in 2019 where he declined it.<\/p>\n

Following his decision to stay as DOJ chief, Guevarra will be among the members of the anti-terrorism council (ATC) who will draft the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the newly-signed anti-terrorism law.<\/p>\n

Guevarra\u2019s role will be important especially since there are several petitions questioning the constitutionality of the controversial law before the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

The DOJ is among the offices which submitted feedback on the anti-terrorism law to Duterte. However, the department’s position is unknown because their review is covered by executive privilege.<\/p>\n

Duterte appointed Guevarra as Justice Chief on April 2018, after he accepted the resignation of Vitaliano Aguirre II.<\/p>\n

Prior to his appointment as DOJ head, Guevarra served as Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs in the Office of the President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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