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Keep judiciary’s independence, Bersamin urges SC officials, staff

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Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas P. Bersamin on Tuesday exhorted court officials and employees nationwide to keep the independence of the judiciary and maintain its role of dispensing fair and swift justice to everyone.

In a speech during the celebration of the 118th founding anniversary of the country’s judiciary, Bersamin said the judiciary has passed all the challenges against its integrity and unity “and these challenges honed the judiciary in effectively fulfilling its role of dispensing justice and upholding the rule of law.”

The country’s judiciary was created through Act No. 136 issued on June 11, 1901 by the United States Philippine Commission.

Act 136 provided for the “Organization of Courts in the Philippine Islands” headed by the SC with trial courts in the provinces and municipalities.

Later, various courts were created by amendatory laws to expand and enhance the judiciary’s jurisdictions on issues and cases that may be brought before the courts for adjudication.

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Bersamin, who is set to retire in October 18 this year when he reaches his mandatory retirement age of 70, thanked all justices, judges and court personnel in supporting his four-point agenda he laid down out when he assumed the highest post in the judiciary late last year.

The top magistrate’s reform agenda include the revision of the rules of court to expedite proceedings, improvement of the physical structure of the courts to make them more accessible to the people, enhancement of the selection process in the appointments to the judiciary, and eradication of corruption and other irregularities in the courts and in the legal profession.

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