The Vice Presidential electoral protest boosted the government earnings of all Supreme Court justices, adding almost P1.5 million to their annual earnings as members of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal .
All in all, the Supreme Court paid a total of P44 million in honoraria and allowances to 16 justices for their time as members of PET in 2020. Combining amounts in 2020, the Supreme Court spent in honoraria and allowances for justices P99.5 million for the entire duration of the vice presidential electoral protest filed by Bongbong Marcos Jr against Vice President Leni Robredo. This excludes their allowances, if any, for 2021, as the case was resolved only in February 2021.
he backs full transparency for their SALNs, and even releasing a full copy, just as long as it complies with the post-Corona rule that it must be justified to the en banc.Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas Bernabe is the first justice since 2009 to make it to the top 5 of the highest-paid government officials.Since 2009, which is as far back as ROSAs go in the COA database, retired justices Lucas Bersamin andVelasco ranked 6th in 2017 with P9.