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Justice Carpio Judicial Reform In PH
August 2012

JUDICIAL REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES
[Speech delivered during the Central Luzon Regional Convention of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, June 29, 2012]

Antonio T. Carpio
Senior Associate Justice, Supreme Court

President Roan Libarios, Central Luzon Governor Olivia Velasco-Jacoba, other Governors and Officers of the IBP, fellow members of the IBP, my co-workers in the Judiciary and in Government, friends, a pleasant morning to you all.
I wish to thank you for inviting me this morning. Your theme in this Convention - Promoting Integrity, Transparency and Accountability in the Justice System
- is timely considering that the Judiciary needs to learn, and implement, the lessons from the recent impeachment of the former Chief Justice. These lessons pertain to integrity, transparency and accountability in the Judiciary. Of course, the Judiciary is only one of the pillars of the broader Justice System that includes the community as well as agencies of the
Executive branch.
This morning allow me to express my personal thoughts on Judicial Reform, which inevitably touches on integrity, transparency and accountability in the Judiciary. Judicial reform is always a work in progress, and the Judiciary must keep on building on past initiatives to address intractable problems as well as emerging ones. I shall discuss case decongestion, integrity and independence of judges, transparency and accountability in the Judiciary, infrastructure needs of the Judiciary, compensation of judges, court administration, and training and career path for judges. These are my personal thoughts, as I do not claim to speak for the entire
Court.
I. CASE DECONGESTION
1. The number one problem of the Judiciary is clogged dockets, arising from delays in trial, and delays in deciding

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cases. Clogged dockets impair social justice, hinder economic development, and erode public confidence in the
Justice System and ultimately in the entire Government.
Trials should ideally take not more
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