President Benigno Aquino 3rd will have one more appointee to the Supreme Court (SC) before his term expires on June 30, 2016.

That appointee will take the place of Associate Justice Martin Villarama Jr., who has applied for optional retirement that would take effect in January or about two months before the election ban on appointments is enforced.

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