“It is said that great buildings take time to plan and construct. It took the Colosseum of Rome 10 years just to construct, the Parthenon in Greece 17 years, St. Peters Basilica in the Vatican 144 years, St. Basils Cathedral in Moscow 125 years and the Taj Mahal 21 years. We will soon add the Manila Hall of Justice to these illustrious list,” Carpio said in jest. It was Carpio, who was also acting chief justice, who led the eighth groundbreaking in 2012.
At that 2012 groundbreaking seven years ago, I proudly announced that the title to the one hectare Arroceros lot was already in the name of the Supreme Court and P1.83 billion needed to construct the building exclusive of equipment and furnishings was already deposited with Land Bank. Carpio said the detailed architectural and engineering design has been awarded and completed and the Office on Halls of Justices has just completed the terms of reference for the bidding of the actual construction works of the Manila Hall of Justice
SC Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo, chairperson of the SC’s Halls of Justice Coordinating Committee for the City of Manila chairperson, gave credit to Carpio who worked hard for the first self-funded Hall of Justice, that would become the first greenhouse court building in the country.Carpio reportedly envisioned futuristic courtrooms. “He foresaw the need to implement an electronic court system, to increase transparency and efficiency of the judicial system.
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