By Andrea AroÂ
After 18 years serving the high court, Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Carpio attended his last flag ceremony on Monday.
Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Carpio during his farewell speech. (Supreme Court PIO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Carpio has been with the Supreme Court since 2001 and was one of the youngest appointees as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
"It was a very long journey allowing me to write 935 full-blown decisions, 79 dissenting opinions, 30 concurring opinions, 13 separate opinions, and four concurring and dissenting opinions leaving no backlog," Carpio said in his farewell speech. He retires on Saturday.
Supreme Court employees wore colors of the flag as the Supreme Court Praise Committee presented a plaque of appreciation to the acting Chief Justice, according to a report from ABS-CBN News.
Carpio will reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 on Saturday, October 26.
Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Carpio during his farewell speech. (Supreme Court PIO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Carpio has been with the Supreme Court since 2001 and was one of the youngest appointees as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
"It was a very long journey allowing me to write 935 full-blown decisions, 79 dissenting opinions, 30 concurring opinions, 13 separate opinions, and four concurring and dissenting opinions leaving no backlog," Carpio said in his farewell speech. He retires on Saturday.
Supreme Court employees wore colors of the flag as the Supreme Court Praise Committee presented a plaque of appreciation to the acting Chief Justice, according to a report from ABS-CBN News.
Carpio will reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 on Saturday, October 26.