Sen. Francis Escudero, who endorsed Aquino's candidacy, said the practice of a Chief Justice administering the oath to an incoming President is tradition but there's no constitutional provision that requires it.
"By tradition, all previous presidents took their oaths before the chief justice but I am not aware of any law that he should. In fact, a statement can be made by taking his oath before any officer authorized to administer oaths including a barangay captain...In my 3 terms as a congressman I always took my oath before a barangay captain," he told ANC's Headstart.
Supreme Court spokesman Jose Midas Marquez and deputy Presidential spokesman Charito Planas also agreed that no law requires the president-elect to take his oath before the Chief Justice.
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