Brion all-praises for CJ

Philippine Judiciary Academy (Philja) chancellor and former Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Arturo Brion expressed optimism over the weekend that Chief Justice (CJ) Alexander Gesmundo can bring about needed reforms in the judiciary.

Brion said that Gesmundo has signaled a resolve to kickstart the process of change during the SC’s 120th founding anniversary last Friday.

“Doubters, of course, would pooh-pooh his maiden public speech as par for the course and one that every new Chief Justice makes. I have reasons to believe, though, that the skeptics could be wrong this time,” Brion said.

He said most Philja officials can sense the determination of the present SC and its CJ to make more effective the dispensation of justice.

“The Chief Justice, it seems, in his quiet and humble way, has earned the attention of many and is perceived to be the catalyst who can direct and speed up the change that the judiciary has long yearned for,” Brion said.