AN ACT EXEMPTING POOR LITIGANTS WHO ARE FILIPINO CITIZENS FROM POSTING BAIL WHEN CHARGED FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A FELONY OR A CRIME IN WHICH THE LAW ATTACHES AN IMPRISONMENT OF NOT MORE THAN SIX (6) YEARS AND BE RELEASED ON RECOGNIZANCE

AN ACT EXEMPTING POOR LITIGANTS WHO ARE FILIPINO CITIZENS FROM POSTING BAIL WHEN CHARGED FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A FELONY OR A CRIME IN WHICH THE LAW ATTACHES AN IMPRISONMENT OF NOT MORE THAN SIX (6) YEARS AND BE RELEASED ON RECOGNIZANCE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, RECOGNIZING THE PRINCIPLE OF SEPARATION OF POWERS BETWEEN AND AMONG AGENCIES, TO REVIEW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8493, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘SPEEDY TRIAL ACT OF 1998’, IN LIGHT OF THE SURFEIT OF JUSTICE IN THE COUNTRY DUE TO THE SLOW DISPOSITION OF CASES AND CLOGGED DOCKETS, TO HELP POOR LITIGANTS, AND TO RECOMMEND REMEDIAL LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES

RESOLUTION URGING THE ELECTED LEADERS OF THE COUNTRY AND OUR PEOPLE THEMSELVES, TO HEED THE CALL OF POPE FRANCIS TO LIVE SIMPLY AND IN OUTSTANDING HONESTY, INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMON GOOD SO THAT TOGETHER, WE CAN DO JUSTICE TO EVERYONE AND SERVE THE LEAST OF OUR BRETHREN IN COMMEMORATION OF THE YEAR OF THE POOR