THERE will be a more independent and improved Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) under the proposed shift to a federal form of government, to ensure that the process of appointing members of the judiciary is “not politicized.”

Former chief justice Reynato Puno, ConCom chairman, on Monday said the “new” JBC would no longer be attached to the Office of the Chief Justice.

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