Tupas is right: A chief justice has to have the caliber of an Abad Santos and Arellano. It is not enough not to be proven to be a blight, you have to prove yourself lofty. That is what the position calls for. That is the reason public officials resign in other countries at the slightest whiff of scandal, because they are expected to lead exemplary lives, not because they are expected to get around the accusations against them.
Conrado de Quiros, Day One, There’s the Rub, 1/17/12