The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) is set to vote on Friday on vacancies for two Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justices, who shall be the first appointees of President Rodrigo Duterte in the tribunal.

The council will vote first on a shortlist of nominees whose names will be submitted to Duterte for his approval.

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