00:00President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appoints Commission on Audit Chairperson Gamaliel Cordoba as an
00:06Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
00:08Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro announces Cordoba's appointment in
00:12a news briefing Friday, November 13.
00:15Cordoba replaces Duterte appointee Amy Lázaro Javier, who is retiring on November 16.
00:20Multiple sources say Cordoba enjoys close ties to Marcos and First Lady Lisa Araneta
00:26Marcos.
00:26The president appointed Cordoba as COA chairperson in 2022, replacing Jose Calida when he was
00:32denied by the Commission on Appointments.
00:34Cordoba was chief of the National Telecommunications Commission when the Duterte administration
00:39moved to shut down media giant ABS-CBN in 2020.
00:43Amid the network's franchise controversy, Cordoba said ABS-CBN had no standing penalties with
00:49the NTC.
00:50He was also NTC chief when the Duterte administration blocked the alternative news website Bulatlat,
00:55which has since been restored.
00:57Cordoba is Marcos' third Supreme Court appointee following Associate Justice Raul Villanueva
01:02and Chief Justice Rodil Zalameda.
