“There is more fun in the Senate”, said Sen. Franklin M. Drilon. He declined his nomination for the “exalted position of chief justice,” saying he likes his work in the Senate “where I can be of better service to the country.”
Sen. Drilon said he was “humbled and honored” by the nomination but intends to finish his term in the Senate which ends in 2016.
Besides, Drilon told reporters, “It is more fun in the Senate.”
Sen. Drilon and Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago are the latest Senate members nominated to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) which evaluated the nominees and recommended its top choices for chief justice of the Supreme Court to President Benigno S. Aquino III.
Of the more than 60 nominees, 13 accepted their nominations and five were forwarded to the president.
“I have been in the Executive and Legislative branches. I do not know that a change in career path when you are 67 is the most welcome development in your life,” Drilon said.
He also noted with sadness that the process for nominating the chief justice “ became a circus.”
“I am not blaming anyone but it has become absurd, even requiring psycho tests,” he said. /MP
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