Henri Inting takes oath as newest Supreme Court justice, 3 months after appointment

Erstwhile Court of Appeals Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul Inting on Wednesday took his oath as the newest member of the Supreme Court, more than three months since his supposed appointment.

Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting takes his oath before Chief Justice Lucas P. Bersamin as the newest member of the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/iW1CKjUVCV

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Completing the 15-person tribunal, Inting occupies the associate justice post vacated by Lucas Bersamin when he was appointed chief justice last November.

Before his elevation to the Court, Justice Inting was an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals. He succeeds Associate Justice Lucas P. Bersamin who was appointed Chief Justice. Also present are CA PJ Romeo Barza, SAJ Antonio Carpio, and Associate Justices from the SC and CA. pic.twitter.com/3ao4YljjB2

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His appointment paper indicates he was named to the post as early as Feb. 22 --- within the 90-day period the president is required to fill a vacancy in the SC -- but the development was announced only last Monday.

The Davao del Sur-born justice had been with the appeals court since 2012, prior to which he served as Quezon City regional trial court judge, a municipal trial court judge, a public attorney, and a prosecutor.

He is the brother of former CA justice and now-Commission on Elections commissioner Socorro Inting.

He is President Rodrigo Duterte's ninth appointee to the SC associate justice's post, and the 11th so far when the count includes the appointments of Teresita Leonardo-De Castro and Bersamin as chief justice. — MDM, GMA News