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Re: Request of Associate Justice Roberto A. Abad For Salary Adjustment due to Longevity of Service [DISSENTING OPINION, LEONEN, J.]

RE: REQUEST OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICE ROBERTO A. ABAD FOR SALARY ADJUSTMENT DUE TO LONGEVITY OF SERVICE,

A.M. No. 13-05-04-SC | 2019-08-14

DISSENTING OPINION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
I dissent. This Court must vacate its ruling that recognizes justices' and judges' services rendered outside the judiciary in computing longevity pay.
 
Once again, we are asked to do this on the ground that formerly held executive positions carry the same rank as their counterparts in the judiciary. Former Associate Justice Roberto A. Abad (former Associate Justice Abad) is before this Court requesting that his services in the Office of the Solicitor General from 1975 to 1986 be included in the computation of his longevity pay. He served as this Court's Associate...