Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, one of the contenders
for House Speakership, is the original author of House Bill No. 2308, the bill
which launched the proposal for the establishment of “Judges-At-Large”
positions in the judicial system.
Trust and confidence in the judiciary have
been decreasing throughout the years due to alleged slow disposition of cases.
Under the bill, “Judges-At-Large” or judges with no permanent salas and who can
be assigned to courts with low volume of case disposition will be institutionalized.
Hence, this bill would ultimately redound for the benefit of ailing litigants
and victims who have been sidelined in their quest for judicial redemption.
Cong. Velasco would like to thank and congratulate all his
counterpart legislators in the Senate who pushed and supported his idea for
judicial innovation. With its passage in both the Lower and Upper Chambers of
Congress, the bill will just need to hurdle the Bicameral Conference Committee
before it is sent to the President for signature.
