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Gonzalez</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Solicitor-General_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Solicitor-General of the Philippines">Solicitor General of the Philippines</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 2, 2007 – January 15, 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal_Arroyo" title="Gloria Macapagal Arroyo">Gloria Macapagal Arroyo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Eduardo_B._Nachura" class="mw-redirect" title="Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura">Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alberto_Agra" title="Alberto Agra">Alberto Agra</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Sampaloc,_Quezon" title="Sampaloc, Quezon">Sampaloc, Quezon</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1988–1998</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1950-04-05</span>) </span>April 5, 1950<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 74)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">Filipino</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Noriel P. Devanadera</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ateneo_de_Manila_University" title="Ateneo de Manila University">Ateneo de Manila University</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Agnes Vicenta Salayo Torres-Devanadera</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (born April 5, 1950), also known as <b>Agnes VST Devanadera</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a Filipina lawyer and politician who is currently the president and CEO of <a href="/wiki/Clark_Development_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Clark Development Corporation">Clark Development Corporation</a> since her appointment by <a href="/wiki/Bongbong_Marcos" title="Bongbong Marcos">Bongbong Marcos</a> in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She previously served as the chairperson of the <a href="/wiki/Energy_Regulatory_Commission_(Philippines)" title="Energy Regulatory Commission (Philippines)">Energy Regulatory Commission</a> (ERC) from 2017 to 2022 during the <a href="/wiki/Duterte_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Duterte administration">Duterte administration</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Gloria_Macapagal_Arroyo" title="Presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo">Arroyo administration</a>, she served as the <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_the_Philippines" title="Solicitor General of the Philippines">Solicitor General of the Philippines</a>, the first woman to hold the post. She was also the acting <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Justice_(Philippines)" title="Secretary of Justice (Philippines)">Secretary of Justice</a> on two short stints. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agnes_Devanadera&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devanadera was the 41st <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Solicitor_General_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Solicitor General (Philippines)">Solicitor General</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the Philippines. She was appointed on February 22, 2007, by then-Philippine President <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal_Arroyo" title="Gloria Macapagal Arroyo">Gloria Macapagal Arroyo</a>, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Nachura" title="Antonio Nachura">Antonio Nachura</a> who was appointed in January 2007 to the post of <a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Associate Justice">Associate Justice</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Supreme Court of the Philippines">Supreme Court of the Philippines</a>. Devanadera assumed office on March 2, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is the first woman to occupy the office. Before her appointment, Devanadera was a government corporate counsel. She also became a candidate for the position of <a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines">Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines</a> that was being vacated by <a href="/wiki/Ruben_T._Reyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruben T. Reyes">Ruben T. Reyes</a> after his retirement on January 2, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FvfStPaulManilaInvestiture8914_41.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/FvfStPaulManilaInvestiture8914_41.JPG/220px-FvfStPaulManilaInvestiture8914_41.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/FvfStPaulManilaInvestiture8914_41.JPG/330px-FvfStPaulManilaInvestiture8914_41.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/FvfStPaulManilaInvestiture8914_41.JPG/440px-FvfStPaulManilaInvestiture8914_41.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="2312" /></a><figcaption>Devanadera, St. Paul University Manila</figcaption></figure> <p>President Arroyo initially appointed Devanadera <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Justice_(Philippines)" title="Department of Justice (Philippines)">Department of Justice</a> (DOJ) officer-in-charge on September 1, 2007, then as acting secretary of the department on September 5, 2007, to temporarily assist then-department secretary <a href="/wiki/Raul_Gonzalez_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Raul Gonzalez (Philippines)">Raul Gonzalez</a>, 75, when the latter was hospitalized for a bleeding stomach ulcer and later had <a href="/wiki/Kidney" title="Kidney">kidney</a> <a href="/wiki/Organ_transplant" class="mw-redirect" title="Organ transplant">transplant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sunstar.com.ph_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sunstar.com.ph-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alberto Agra succeeded her as Government Corporate Counsel at the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) of the DoJ.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Devanadera is an <a href="/wiki/Ateneo_de_Manila_Law_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Ateneo de Manila Law School">Ateneo de Manila Law School</a> alumnus whose mentor is <a href="/wiki/Hernando_Perez" title="Hernando Perez">Hernando Perez</a>, a former Secretary of Justice.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline">Timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agnes_Devanadera&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Devanadera was mayor of <a href="/wiki/Sampaloc,_Quezon" title="Sampaloc, Quezon">Sampaloc, Quezon</a>, from 1988 to 1998.</li> <li>She was president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines during the term of President <a href="/wiki/Fidel_Ramos" class="mw-redirect" title="Fidel Ramos">Fidel Ramos</a>. Devanadera contributed to PIRMA's (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Initiative" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Initiative">People's Initiative</a> for Reform, Modernization and Action) gathering of signatures for constitutional change to let Ramos seek reelection and lift the term limits of local officials.</li> <li>She was executive director of <a href="/wiki/Lakas%E2%80%93CMD_(1991)" title="Lakas–CMD (1991)">Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats</a> from June 1998 to August 2000.</li> <li>She was appointed <a href="/wiki/Undersecretary" title="Undersecretary">undersecretary</a> for legal and legislative affairs, <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government" title="Department of the Interior and Local Government">Department of the Interior and Local Government</a> from April 1, 2003, to August 31, 2004.</li> <li>Devanadera is a protégé of former Justice Secretary <a href="/wiki/Hernando_Perez" title="Hernando Perez">Hernando Perez</a>, (who like her father, is resident of <a href="/wiki/Batangas" title="Batangas">Batangas</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>She worked as Perez' partner in Balgos and Perez law office, 1976 to 1987.</li> <li>Devanadera became a senior partner of the Libarios, Jalandoni, Devanadera and Dimayuga <a href="/wiki/Law_firm" title="Law firm">law firm</a>; she handled cases against former Manila Rep. Mark Jimenez (a.k.a. Mario Crespo). In 2002, Jimenez charged that Devanadera went to his house to extort money. She contradicted the accusation by alleging that she politically contributed to Jimenez' wife, Aleli Panascola's 2001 election campaign as mayor of <a href="/wiki/Mauban" title="Mauban">Mauban</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quezon" title="Quezon">Quezon</a>. Devanadera was appointed counsel of former Justice Secretary Hernando Perez who was held by the Ombudsman liable for graft and extortion regarding Manila Rep. Mark Jimenez's claim that Perez extorted $2 million from him. She successfully had Jimenez deported to the United States for <a href="/wiki/Tax_evasion" title="Tax evasion">tax evasion</a> trial.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>She was appointed Department of Justice's (DOJ) undersecretary under Justice Secretary Simeon A. Datumanong<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On September 1, 2004, Devanadera officially assumed office as Government Corporate Counsel<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On September 29, 2005, Devanadera ordered the office of assistant government corporate counsel Efren Gonzales locked while he attended the Senate hearing on the North Rail project (regarding EO 464 controversy).</li> <li>President Arroyo appointed Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera DOJ officer-in-charge on September 1, 2007, and as acting secretary of the DOJ on September 5, 2007, to temporarily assist <a href="/wiki/Raul_Gonzalez_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Raul Gonzalez (Philippines)">Raul Gonzalez</a>, 75, who was hospitalized for bleeding stomach ulcer and later had <a href="/wiki/Kidney" title="Kidney">kidney</a> <a href="/wiki/Organ_transplant" class="mw-redirect" title="Organ transplant">transplant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sunstar.com.ph_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sunstar.com.ph-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Devanadera (in the 7-hour oral argument in the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Supreme Court of the Philippines">Supreme Court of the Philippines</a> <a href="/wiki/Hello_Garci_scandal" title="Hello Garci scandal">Hello Garci scandal</a>), when asked by an <a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Associate Justice">Associate Justice</a> how she would prefer to be addressed, since she was solicitor general and acting Secretary of Justice, she replied: “I would rather that I be there with you.” Devanadera pointing to the seat beside Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/Reynato_Puno" title="Reynato Puno">Reynato Puno</a>, categorically admitting her quest to be <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Supreme Court of the Philippines">Supreme Court of the Philippines</a> <a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Associate Justice">Associate Justice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anakpawis" title="Anakpawis">Anakpawis</a> Rep. <a href="/wiki/Crispin_Beltran" title="Crispin Beltran">Crispin Beltran</a> challenged her appointment as acting Justice Chief voicing his doubts "whether she would pursue the resolution of cases of <a href="/wiki/Extrajudicial_killings_and_forced_disappearances_in_the_Philippines" title="Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines">extrajudicial killings</a> and corruption in the country." Devanadera, per filed motion for reconsideration in the Supreme Court, blocked Beltran's release from incarceration due to the <a href="/wiki/Rebellion" title="Rebellion">Rebellion</a> case.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Solicitor_General">Solicitor General</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agnes_Devanadera&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Solicitor General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Devanadera graced the OSG 1st Painting Exhibit on October 24, 2007, collection of 46 paintings<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>She successfully convinced the United States Department of Justice and the US Solicitor General to file a brief for the United States as <a href="/wiki/Amicus_curiae" title="Amicus curiae">amicus curiae</a> in the case of $35 million deposited account of <a href="/wiki/Arelma" class="mw-redirect" title="Arelma">Arelma</a> (forfeiture case before the <a href="/wiki/Sandiganbayan" title="Sandiganbayan">Sandiganbayan</a> on Philippine claim)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Devanadera won for the Government in the MILK CODE case; the 53-page decision by Justice Ma. <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Austria-Martinez" title="Alicia Austria-Martinez">Alicia Austria-Martinez</a> upheld the validity of DOH Administrative Order No. 2006-0012 or the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (RIRR) dated May 12, 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Devanadera graced the Investiture Rites of <a href="/wiki/Hernando_Perez" title="Hernando Perez">Dr. Hernando B. Perez</a> as the 2nd president of the University of Batangas (UB) on August 15, 2007, at the University of Batangas, Batangas City. Particularly, SG Devanadera was among those who read the citation for Dr. Perez. She was an <a href="/wiki/Ateneo_de_Manila_Law_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Ateneo de Manila Law School">Ateneo de Manila Law School</a> alumni, and student of her mentor, Perez.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_controversy">Legal controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agnes_Devanadera&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legal controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Previously, Devanadera and <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Nachura" title="Antonio Nachura">Antonio Nachura</a> contested the position of Supreme Court associate justice vacated by <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice">Chief Justice</a> <a href="/wiki/Artemio_Panganiban" title="Artemio Panganiban">Artemio Panganiban</a>. Devanadera's name, however, was deleted in the final list of nominees submitted by the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_and_Bar_Council" title="Judicial and Bar Council">Judicial and Bar Council</a> to the President because of pending graft / regular administrative cases against her (Sec. 5.1, JBC-009 Rule)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that <a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Sur" title="Ilocos Sur">Ilocos Sur</a> Governor <a href="/wiki/Luis_Singson" class="mw-redirect" title="Luis Singson">Luis Singson</a> filed versus Devanadera and others before the Office of the <a href="/wiki/Ombudsman" title="Ombudsman">Ombudsman</a> of the Philippines. The criminal <a href="/wiki/Legal_case" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal case">cases</a> cited the Anti-Plunder Act in relation to the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and involved the Poro Point Special Economic and Freeport Zone. As government corporate counsel and member of the board of trustees of <a href="/wiki/Manila_Water" title="Manila Water">Manila Water</a> (Manila Waterworks and Sewerage System), she was also sued for a MWSS board resolution dated July 29, 2004, deemed questionable.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disbarment_case">Disbarment case</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agnes_Devanadera&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Disbarment case"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An eight-page Supreme Court judgment of <a href="/wiki/Conchita_Carpio-Morales" title="Conchita Carpio-Morales">Conchita Carpio-Morales</a>, dated July 4, 2008, dismissed an unverified letter-complaint of "concerned citizens" which charged Agnes VST Devanadera, Rolando Faller, and Santiago Varela of engaging "directly or indirectly in partisan political activities" in the last elections.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agnes_Devanadera&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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