Malacañang is allegedly pressuring a Supreme Court (SC) justice to leave the tribunal two years earlier than his mandatory retirement to allow President Benigno Aquino 3rd to appoint more of his judicial allies to the Court before he leaves office.
According to an unimpeachable source of The Manila Times in the High Court, Associate Justice Martin Villarama Jr. is being forced to retire so that Aquino could have six appointees at the SC when he steps down.
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