After more than 20 years of having no Muslim justices on the Supreme Court of the Philippines, two Muslim magistrates will attempt to enter the High Court and seek the representation for the cultural minorities.

Court of Appeals Justices Japar Dimaampao and Hakim Abdul­wahid are on the list of 18 candidates for the vacancy at the Supreme Court when Associate Justice Adolfo Azcuna retires on February 16.

The first and only time that a Muslim became a justice of the Supreme Court was during the administration of former President Corazon Aquino when she appointed Supreme Court Justice Abdulwahid Bidin in 1987. Since then, no Muslim justice was able to sit in the High Court.   »»» Yehey! News (Philippines)

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