Bersamin wants to be remembered as “healing” chief justice 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Jeffrey DamicogAfter he hangs up his robe and parts from the halls of the Supreme Court (SC), Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin said he would want to be remembered as the “healing chief justice.”“I wish to be remembered and known as the healing chief justice who brought stability and normalcy back to the judiciary and particularly to the SC,” Bersamin said during his retirement ceremony held Friday (October 11) at the SC. “Yes, the judiciary needed healing and it became my response as chief justice to initiate and ensure such healing,” explained Bersamin who will reach the compulsory retirement age of 70 on October 18. Bersamin was the second chief justice appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte following the ouster of former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. After De Castro, Duterte appointed Bersamin on November 2, 2018.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 12, 2019 03:45 UTC