of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP)-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Tripoli Agreement on Peace of 2001 Topacio v. Ong (2008) - "on the qualification status of Justice Gregory Ong as Associate Justice of the Sandiganbayan Strategic Alliance Development Corporation v. Radstock Securities Ltd. (2009) - Concurring — On the multi-billion peso compromise agreement between Radstock Securities Limited and Philippine National Construction Corporation De Castro v. Judicial and Bar Council (March 2010) - Dissenting and - Dissenting(April 2010) — On the President's power to appoint the Chief Justice vis-a-vis the Constitutional prohibition against appointments during the presidential election period. Biraogo vs. Philippine Truth Commission (December 2010) - Dissenting - On the validity and constitutionality of the establishment of the Philippine Truth Commission (PTC) Republic of the Philippines vs. Sandiganbayan, Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr, et al (April 2011) - Dissenting - On the disputed San Miguel Corporation shares of Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco which were allegedly purchased using coconut levy funds. Office of the Ombudsman On July 25, 2011, during his State of the Nation Address, President Benigno Aquino III announced the appointment of Carpio Morales as Ombudsman of the Philippines under the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB). The Ombudsman is tasked to act on complaints against the officers or employees of the government, giving priority to complaints against high-ranking officials, covering grave offenses, and involving large sums of money or property. When Carpio Morales assumed office in 2011, she inherited a caseload of 11,000 pending criminal and administrative cases. Under the leadership of Carpio Morales, she professionalized and upgraded OMB's capabilities; revolutionized its anti-corruption program to include the designation of deputy ombudsmen for environmental concerns and for investment-related problems; and improved its responsiveness to calls for public assistance. She has also set a target of zero backlog in the investigation or adjudication of cases and disposition of all requests for assistance, and she expects to hit the target by 2018. The independence and quality of OMB's fact-finding investigations, evidence build-up, prosecution strategies and case management have also been improved. As a result, the conviction rate of cases handled by OMB before the Sandiganbayan from 2011 to 2015 rose from 33.3 percent to 74.5 percent. She has prioritized the filing of cases against high-ranking officials, and has imposed strict administrative sanctions on high officials, including filing cases against a former president; a former vice-president; incumbent senators, congressmen, and governors. She is the first