Special Prosecutor Edilberto Sandoval is the second former Sandiganbayan top magistrate to be in the running to replace outgoing Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales. Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro was earlier reported to have been nominated on May 3 by retired Associate Justice Arturo Brion. De Castro was the presiding justice of the Sandiganbayan from December 2004 to December 2007, when she was promoted to the Supreme Court, months after convicting former President Joseph Estrada for plunder in September 2007. Sandoval, meanwhile, twice served as an acting presiding justice from February 2004 to December 2004 and from December 2007 to March 2008. He finally became presiding justice from April 2010 to October 2011.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 09, 2018 07:52 UTC