By PNA and U.S. News Agency / Asian

Former Malabon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Florentino Floro, who believes in “dwarfs,” is seeking a seat in the Supreme Court (SC) with the forthcoming retirement of Associate Justices Antonio Eduardo Nachura on June 13, 2011 and Conchita Carpio-Morales on June 19, 2011, respectively.

In the 3rd Supplemental Agenda of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), Floro applied for one of the two impending vacant positions as SC justice.

Floro is known for his “Gabay” during his time in the judiciary, but was dismissed from the service by the SC en banc for not believing in him that he has a “spiritual guide” in life.

It was learned that Floro’s name was originally excluded from the list because of his dismissal from the service, but he would be reinstated in the publication.

There were original 28 aspirants who applied for the position as SC Justice, but it was extended by the JBC and it was now expanded to 35 with seven more applicants, including Floro.

The other new applicants for the SC posts include Court of Appeals (CA) Associate Justice Amelita Tolentino, who convicted Hubert Jeffrey Webb and several other accused in the Vizconde massacre case during her time as Paranaque City RTC Judge.

University of the East (UE) College of Law Dean Amado Valdez is also seeking the position of SC Justice. Valdez is a noted legal expert and erstwhile Chief of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC).

The other aspirants are law practitioners Sabino Padilla IV, Eduardo Lizares, Pablito Sanidad and Katrina Legarda.

The JBC, chaired by SC Chief Justice Renato Corona, will have its next meeting on May 23.