Mastodonian maybe but if honesty is the ultimate factor

The nation is now in the process of selecting the new chief justice of the Supreme Court.   Rest assured the selection method could be very tedious and nauseating, not only to the judges of the Judicial and Bar Council but to every outsider.


There are various suggestions,  they say the new chief justice must not only be fair and just  but must look like one, stronghearted,  incorruptible, beyond reproach and above suspicion like Caesar's wife and finally Honest.  'miron pa kaya non?'


There are over 40 applicants for the highest judge of the land,  each should be allotted enough time in the interview in front of the TV camera  by the JBC, telecast nationwide.
How long would it take?  Your guess will be as good as mine.  It could  be not longer  than the impeachment trial.


If I may suggest your honors, with due diligence please.   If the ultimate factor is Honesty, why not try this,  mastodonian though it maybe.
Give each applicant a boiled mongo seed and ask him to plant it on good soil to produce good and the best sprout.   Then tell him or them to come back after a week and report what happened.  Most everyone would say mine is doing well, or mine is slow-growing but good.   And the one or one's who would say, mine is dead, no sprout at all,  he should be finalist.   


Yet, my good neighbor said to me,  Bro Mel, Pre your selection method should go the way of the mastodon...
Ok, tell it NOT to the MARINES, but to the honest taxi drivers and janitors