DOJ to compile all rules, regulations on handling, investigation, prosecution of cases
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to come out with a compilation of all its rules and regulations on the handling, investigation, and prosecution of cases filed before it.
“We are envisioning to do this by the end of the year,” said DOJ Undersecretary Raul T. Vasquez.
He said the DOJ has churned out and compiled so many rules and regulations over the years issued by various secretaries and undersecretaries.
“Ang dami-dami kasing mga circulars, rules, procedures dito sa atin (We have so many circulars, rules, and procedures at the department),” Vasquez said.
“We will try to rationalize all of this in one single pamphlet or book similar to the Rules of Court,” he said.
He lamented that even the veteran and long-time prosecutors of the DOJ do not know all of these rules.
Thus, he said the DOJ will sift through all of these issuances to determine "‘yung mga dati pwede pa o hindi na (if these are still valid or not)."