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Chief Justice Peralta Bares JIB Board Members

 

Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta today bared the composition of the Judicial Integrity Board (JIB), which, along with the Corruption Prevention and Investigation Office (CPIO), will further strengthen integrity and prevent corruption in the Judiciary.

Supreme Court Associate Justice (Ret.) and Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA) Vice Chancellor Romeo Callejo, Sr. and SC Associate Justice (Ret.) and former Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Governing Board Chair Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez were named JIB Chair and Vice Chair.  Justices Callejo and Gutierrez will serve in the JIB for three years and two years, respectively. The JIB members are Court of Appeals Justice (Ret.) Sesinando Villon, Sandiganbayan Justice (Ret.) Rodolfo Ponferrada, and Court of Tax Appeals Justice (Ret.) Cielito Mindaro-Grulla, who will serve for three years, two years, and one year, respectively.

They are expected to their take oath before the Chief Justice on October 19, 2020. Thereafter, they will be tasked to formulate the Internal Rules of the JIB which will be subject for approval by the SC En Banc.

Last July 7, the SC approved the proposed amendments to carry out the implementation of JIB, which will act on complaints against erring justices, judges, officers and employees of the Judiciary; On the other hand, the CPIO will conduct investigation on erring Justices of the tertiary courts; and judges and personnel of the lower courts, including the Shari’a Courts; and the officials and employees of the Office of the Jurisconsult, Court Administrator, Deputy Court Administrator, Assistant Court Administrators and their personnel.

The reinvigoration of JIB and CPIO fulfills part of Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta’s Ten Point Program, which are to implement the JIB and strengthen the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA). The Ten Point Program can be narrowed down to four core areas ― efficiency, integrity, security, and service.

During his first meeting with reporters covering the SC a few weeks after his appointment as the 26th Chief Justice in 2019, he renewed his commitment to continue purging the Judiciary of misfits and erring individual. He also reassured that he would strengthen OCA and implement JIB and forge a synergy between the functions of these offices through judicial audits, information gathering and sharing.

JIB and CPIO were created in 2018. However, these two separate units were put by the SC on the back burner as the Committee on the Implementation of the Judicial Integrity Board (CIJIB) called for a review of JIB’s functions in order to harmonize and prevent duplicity with those of the OCA and other offices.

Hence, the Court resolved to approve the proposed amendments to Resolution in A.M. No. 18-01-05-SC dated October 2, 2018 and to Rule 140 of the Rules of Court, as amended.

JIB can receive administrative complaints or disciplinary actions against either the Presiding Justices and Associate Justices of the appellate courts and Judges of the lower courts, as well as act on complaints or referrals as provided for in Rule 140 of the Rules of Court, the “Internal Rules” of the JIB as approved by the SC En Banc, as well as the SC Circulars, Administrative Orders or other issuances.

Likewise, JIB was given exclusive jurisdiction over administrative complaints against (1) Court officials with Salary Grades 30 and 31, excluding those that are not within the jurisdiction of the JIB, regardless of the gravity of the offense; (2) First and Second Level Court Judges, including Shari’a Disctrict and Circuit Court Judges, charged with serious charges under Rule 140 of the Rules of Court; and (3) Court officials and or employees, with Salary Grades 27 to 29, regardless of the gravity of the violation of the “Code of Conduct for Court Personnel” and of the Civil Service Law and Rules.

If upon a preliminary assessment and evaluation of administrative complaints against all judges, however, it found less serious charges and light charges under Rule 140 of the Rules of Court, the JIB may refer and delegate the investigation of those administrative complaints to OCA. (SCPIO)

 

 

 

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