The assumption last week of Associate Justice Ricardo R. Rosario as the 15th member of the Supreme Court has paved the way for the reorganization of the membership of the high court’s three divisions.
Effective Oct. 19, the Court’s First Division will be composed of Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta as chairman with Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin S. Caquioa as working chairman, and Associate Justices Rosmari D. Carandang, Rodil V. Zalameda and Samuel H. Gaerlan as members.
The Second Division will be led by Senior Associate Justice Estela M. Perlas Bernabe with Associate Justices Alexander G. Gesmundo, Amy C. Lazaro Javier, Mario V. Lopez and Priscilla J. Baltazar Padilla as members.
Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen will head the Third Division with Associate Justices Ramon Paul L. Hernando, Henri Jean Paul B. Inting, Edgardo L. Delos Santos and Rosario as members.
In a Special Order No. 2795 issued on Oct. 9, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta said the reorganization of the members of the Court’s three divisions will be effective starting Oct. 19.
The Court meets as a full court (En Banc) every Tuesday and its divisions hold sessions on Monday and Wednesday.
Rosario is the President’s 11th incumbent appointee to the Court. The other Duterte appointees include Associate Justices Gesmundo, Hernando, Carandang, Javier, Inting, Zalameda, Lopez, Delos Angeles, Gaerlan and Padilla.