President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has chosen her among the three nominees submitted by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, a member of the council, confirmed Saturday.
"I have been informed that the President's choice has been publicly announced by SAP (Special Assistant to the President) Christopher "Bong" Go and that the formal appointment will be released by (executive secretary Salvador) Medialdea on Tuesday," Guevarra said.
De Castro will head the Supreme Court, a post that was vacated after Maria Lourdes Sereno's historic ouster, De Castro was among the eight justices who voted to unseat Sereno, one of the youngest chief magistrates ever appointed.
The 69-year-old De Castro, however, will only serve for a few months. She will retire on October 8, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70.
She made headlines on April after trading barbs with Sereno during the oral arguments on the quo warranto petition seeking to unseat the latter. Known as the ousted chief justice's nemesis, De Castro had said she does not let emotions get in the way of her work, without admitting her rumored rivalry with the younger justice.
Then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed De Castro associate justice in 2007.
De Castro has been serving the government for 45 years. She began as a law clerk at the Supreme Court in 1973 after earning her law degree as the University of the Philippines in 1972.
She also served as state counsel at the Department of Justice in 1978, assistant chief state counsel in 1997, associate justice of the Sandiganbayan in the same year, and presiding justice of the anti-graft court in 2004. [CNN Philippines]
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