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PANGILINAN PUSHES FOR JUSTICE REFORM COMMISSION

“A crisis of the justice system.” This is how Senator Kiko Pangilinan described the current state of the country’s judiciary as he pushed for the creation of a congressional commission to look into possible judicial reforms in the face of the multi-billion-peso flood control scam that has gripped the nation since August last year.  Senate […]

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PANGILINAN: CREATE A JUSTICE REFORM COMMISSION

Senator Kiko Pangilinan is urging the immediate passage of Senate Bill 1547, which seeks to establish a Justice Reform Commission tasked with investigating systemic failures in the Philippine justice system that allow corruption to persist and flourish.  “We must punish more and swiftly. Twenty-one years doesn’t in any way classify as swift,” Pangilinan said, referring to […]