Duterte names 2 new CA justices

By Azer Parrocha | Philippine News Agency

President Rodrigo Duterte has named two new Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals (CA), Malacañang confirmed Thursday, May 19.

Acting presidential spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said Duterte has appointed John Lee Zurbito and Eleuterio Larisma Bathan as the two new justices of the CA.

“The Palace congratulates Mr. John Zurbito Lee and Mr. Eleuterio Larisma Bathan on their appointment as Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals,” Andanar said in a press statement.

“We wish both Associate Justices all the best, and we are confident that they would dispense justice with fairness, impartiality and integrity,” he added.

Lee will replace Associate Justice Dorothy Gonzaga who resigned in November 2021.

Bathan will take over the post of Associate Justice Japar Dimaampo, who was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. – gb

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