Retiring Chief Justice Peralta given ‘scaled-down’ farewell rites at SC flag ceremony
Retiring Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta bids goodbye at flag ceremony. Photograph/SC PIO
MANILA, Philippines – The “scaled-down” farewell ceremony was carried out Monday for the retirement of Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta because of current prohibitions on mass gathering imposed within the wake of the growing variety of COVID-19 instances.
Excessive courtroom’s Public Info Workplace stated the ceremony was completed in hybrid – solely a choose few courtroom staff have been allowed to bodily attend the ceremony on open grounds whereas the remaining have been watching on-line.
“It was a scale-down from the earlier conventional final flag-raising ceremony given to a retiring chief Justice of the Peace. It was with none arrival honors and attended solely by a choose few Courtroom staff principally coming from the Workplace of the Chief Justice, together with the Chief Justice’s fast household – his spouse Courtroom of Appeals Affiliate Justice Fernanda Lampas-Peralta and youngsters,” the excessive courtroom’s PIO defined in a press release.
Final week, the excessive courtroom has suspended work to provide method for the disinfection of its buildings. Up to now, excessive courtroom’s Public Info Chief and Spokesperson Atty. Brian Keith Hosaka stated there are at present 33 lively COVID-19 instances on the excessive courtroom.
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Through the flag ceremony, the attendees have been sporting face masks and face shields and have been unfold out within the greater than 1,200 sq. meter open grounds.
Apart from his instant household and employees, additionally bodily current are Affiliate Justices Rosmari Carandang and Henri Jean Paul Inting.
That is the primary time after virtually over a yr that the excessive courtroom noticed a standard flag-raising ceremony.
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