NOT A DAY SPENT IN JAIL Imelda Marcos, the 97-year-old widow of deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and mother of the country’s current president, has remained out on bail while appealing her conviction by the Sandiganbayan in 2018. File photo taken on Sept. 11, 2025, at a church in Batac, Ilocos Norte. — Photo by Niño Jesus Orbeta
MANILA, Philippines — Palace press officer Claire Castro on Friday dismissed speculations that the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision to overturn the 2018 conviction of former first lady Imelda Marcos on seven counts of graft could influence President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s selection of the next chief justice.
The speculation came after three members of the SC First Division that ruled on the case were considered among the frontrunners to succeed Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo. They are Associate Justices Jhosep Lopez, Henri Jean Paul Inting, and Mario Lopez.
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