Malacañang wants Jardeleza in JBC shortlist

MALACAÑANG has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to compel the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to include Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza in the shortlist of candidates for the post vacated by Associate Justice Roberto Abad.

The JBC, headed by Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno, weeks ago submitted four names to Malacañang: Court of Appeals Justices Jose Reyes and Apolinario Bruselas, Commission on Audit chief Gracia Pulido-Tan and Quezon City Judge Rogelio Daway.