A fraternity brother of President Rodrigo Duterte and a retired presiding justice of the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan lead the race for the position of special prosecutor of the Office of the Ombudsman.

They are among six nominees on a shortlist of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) for the post vacated by ythen-Special Prosecutor Wendell Barreras-Sulit last March 11, 2017.

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