President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Bernelito Fernandez, a former Quezon City Branch 79 Regional Trial Court judge, as a magistrate of the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan.

A transmittal letter of Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, dated December 7, 2016, said Fernandez shall be appointed to replace retired Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Teresita Diaz-Baldos.

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