Land of the Morning: Presidential Advisers on Ecclesiastical Affairs

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Presidential Advisers on Ecclesiastical Affairs

MANILA

Former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo created this less known advisory group in her administration. Known advisers in this group include:

Nina Valdez (as of January 2010)

Conrado "Dodi" Limcauco Jr. (resigned on 11 June 2010, effective June 16)

ACTIVITIES

Lobbied in behalf of the Iglesia Ni Cristo

Valdez reportedly called some members of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) who deliberated to fill one Supreme Court vacancy for a retiring SC associate justice. She tossed the name of Judge Lovell R. Bautista of the Court of Tax Appeals, an INC bet, to be included in the list of nominees. Bautista became seventh in the list.

Sources

Maricar Cinco: "Activist priest Robert Reyes says bishops got more than Pajeros," Philippine Daily Inquirer 29 June 2011.

Business Circuit: "Rooting for INC," Malaya Business Insight 07 January 2010.

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