“I will not turn down any chance or opportunity to lead the judiciary if given the opportunity,” he told reporters at a lawyers convention in Clark, Pampanga.“It’s part of my work. There’s no reason for me to depart from my work,” he added.
Carpio, however, turned down his automatic nomination in 2010 for the the post of Chief Justice, following the retirement of then Chief Justice Reynato Puno.
It was then speculated that Carpio had declined the nomination because he knew he would not be appointed by Arroyo with whom he and the law firm identified with him had a falling out.
Renato Corona was appointed chief justice by then President Gloria Arroyo. .... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/index.php/headlines/item/913-carpio-to-accept-cj-nomination-midas-declines
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