By:  – Reporter / @FMangosingINQ /  / 08:35 AM July 15, 201

MANILA, Philippines — Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Sunday responded to President Rodrigo Duterte’s challenge to propose a plan to enforce the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in favor of the Philippines in its maritime dispute with China in the South China Sea.

Speaking at the Ateneo Law School’s graduation rites, Carpio enumerated possible options for the President, who publicly asked the senior magistrate last month to suggest ways implement the ruling without resorting to war.

“Xi Jinping [said] there will be trouble. So answer me, Justice, give me the formula and I’ll do it,” the President earlier said.

“My response is yes, Mr. President, there is a formula — and not only one but many ways of enforcing the arbitral Award without going to war with China, using only the rule of law. Let me mention a few of these, and I hope the President will implement them as he had promised,” Carpio said. Read more…