Former solicitor general Florin Hilbay said retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio was an "outsider" in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) case who was pushing an "unethical" plan for a deal with China. Hilbay lashed out at Carpio a day before the fifth anniversary of the landmark arbitral decision on the WPS. Hilbay said Carpio first targeted Justice Francis Jardeleza, the first Philippine representative in the WPS case, by blocking Jardeleza's application for a Supreme Court seat. "These dreadful allegations were dismissed by the Judicial and Bar Council, his own colleagues in the Supreme Court, and Pres. Aquino himself in the most painful form of rebuke when they all endorsed and supported then SolGen Jardeleza's appointment to the Supreme Court.

Source: Manila Times July 11, 2021 16:07 UTC