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SC, DOJ, DILG hold dialogue with stakeholders in administration of justice in Naga City Nov. 10

Published Nov 10, 2022 07:55 pm

CJ Alexander G. Gesmundo with officials of the DOJ and the DILG in a dialogue in Naga City, Nov. 10, 2022

Justices of the Supreme Court (SC) and representatives of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) held a dialogue with judges, prosecutors, law enforces and local government units (LGUs) on common interests, coordination, and information sharing in the administration of justice.

The dialogue held in Naga City on Thursday, Nov. 10, was the third leg of the Justice Zone (JZ) Dialogue series under the auspices of the Justice Sector Coordinating Council (JSCC) composed of the SC, DOJ, and DILG.

Set up in 2010, the JSCC has formed nine JZs in the country as venues for dialogues.

The SC’s public information office (PIO) said that Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo underscored the importance of the dialogue series to the Judiciary, saying that the Court is “in a continuing process to further develop and fine-tune the coordinative and administrative structures of our justice zones, as well as our communication protocols and reporting mechanisms in relation to the JSCC, the policy making and senior management body for justice sector coordination.”

Gesmundo said the dialogues help the JSCC “determine overarching or common issues across justice zones, citing the most common of which are internet connectivity, capacity for the barangay justice system, jail congestion which is connected to court docket management, capacity and resources for drug dependency exams, among others.”

He expressed optimism that the dialogue will help address these concerns not just on a per-issue basis, “but in a manner that leads to meaningful sustainable reforms in terms of policy, structural, or operational improvements and game-changing innovations.”

During the dialogue, Chief Justice Gesmundo also discussed the SC’s Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations 2022-2027 (SPJI) “which encompasses the ideas, aspirations, plans and proposals of the present members of the Court for the pursuit of one overarching goal: the delivery of timely and responsive justice.”

He said “the SPJI is a plan anchored on four guiding principles: Timely and Fair Justice, Transparent and Accountable Justice, Equal and Inclusive Justice, and Technologically Adaptive Management.”

“These principles will propel the Court towards achieving three outcomes: Efficiency, Innovation, and Access,” he stressed.

Present during the dialogue were DILG Undersecretary for Peace and Order Oscar F. Valenzuela, who was joined by Undersecretary for Operations Lord Villanueva; and DOJ Assistant Secretary Randolph A. Pascasio, who was joined by Prosecution Attorney, Atty. Danica R. Manalastas.

The PIO said that Undersecretary Valenzuela extended the DILG’s full support to the undertakings of the JSCC which stressed its “long standing partnership” with the DILG’s counterparts.

Assistant Secretary Pascasio, on the other hand, reaffirmed the DOJ’s “unwavering commitment to the JSCC.”

With the Chief Justice were Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier, Justice Samuel H. Gaerlan, and Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh.

Also present were Court of Appeals Justice Jennifer Joy Ong, Court Administrator Raul B. Villanueva, Assistant Court Administrator and SC-PIO Chief Brian Keith F. Hosaka, Assistant Court Administrator Lilian Barribal-Co, Deputy Clerk of Court and Judicial Reform Program Administrator Atty. Laura C.H. Del Rosario, and trial court judges led by Executive Judge Pablo C. Formaran III of the Naga City Regional Trial Court.

Naga City Mayor Nelson S. Legacion was likewise in attendance. Mr. Christian Eldon, Team Leader of the European Union Governance in Justice Programme (GOJUST Programme), which is the development partner of JSCC in the Justice Zone Dialogue Series, led the representatives from the EU GOJUST Programme.

The first two legs of the Justice Zone Dialogue series were held in Cebu City and Davao City.

Aside from those in Naga City, Cebu City and Davao City the other JZs in the country are in Quezon City, Angeles City, Bacolod City, Calamba City, Balanga City, and Baguio City.

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