Bill Type
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Long Title
FULL TITLE : AN ACT BANNING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF A REGULAR MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL AND BAR COUNCIL WHO HAS ALREADY SERVED THE FULL TERM
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Date filed
June 30, 2016
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00024 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT BANNING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF A REGULAR MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL AND BAR COUNCIL WHO HAS ALREADY SERVED THE FULL TERM |
| SHORT TITLE : Judiciary Independence Enhancing Act |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to ban reappointments to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) in order to avoid the possibility of instances where its members, in their desire to be reappointed to the Council, succumb to pressures from the executive to nominate individuals based on political considerations instead of their actual merits and qualifications, seriously undermining the quality of judicial appointments and the independence of the judiciary as a whole. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ABAYA, FRANCIS GERALD A. |
| DATE FILED : 2016-06-30 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| NATURE : Reform |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2016-07-26 |
Abstract
Seeks to ban reappointments to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) in order to avoid the possibility of instances where its members, in their desire to be reappointed to the Council, succumb to pressures from the executive to nominate individuals based on political considerations instead of their actual merits and qualifications, seriously undermining the quality of judicial appointments and the independence of the judiciary as a whole
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