MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill that aims to unclog dockets of second-level courts or regional trial courts (RTCs) and to speed up the disposition of cases.
Voting 21-2, the chamber approved Senate Bill No. 1886 or the proposed Judiciary Reorganization Act. Senators Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Francis Tolentino opposed the passage of the measure, citing the “unconstitutionality” of one of the measure’s provisions.
The proposed legislation targets to address choked RTC dockets by expanding the jurisdictional threshold of first level courts or the municipal trial courts (MTCs).
One of the amendments included in the bill …
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