Panukalang budget ng Judiciary at Anti-Money Laundering Council, sumalang sa budget deliberations sa Senado
Panukalang budget ng Judiciary at Anti-Money Laundering Council, sumalang sa budget deliberations sa Senado
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00:00 The Senate approved the budget for the judiciary.
00:04 The budget for the Anti-Money Laundering Council was also discussed.
00:08 The Senate's budget deliberation was updated on the news center of Daniel Manalastas Live.
00:24 Angelic, several government agencies joined the Senate's budget deliberations this morning.
00:32 One of the agencies that joined was the Judiciary's budget for the 2024 election.
00:37 The Senate has already finished deliberating the Judiciary's budget for the 2024 election.
00:45 But before that, some senators asked about the issues in the formalities,
00:51 not the cite-in-contempt.
00:54 Sometimes we are quick to fire the trigger, to pull the trigger in these particular cases.
01:03 So we'd like to be guided accordingly.
01:06 But in all honesty, when we have public hearings, particularly on public order and security, blue ribbon,
01:14 none of them will give self-discriminating answers.
01:22 They will say, "No, we did not do that."
01:24 Even if there were five other witnesses pointing them that they did it.
01:29 Case in point, the gunman in Malabon,
01:33 many witnesses came out and said he was the one who shot.
01:37 In simple words, they are not questioning the judiciary's power in the Senate,
01:48 our contempt power, because it is in the law.
01:52 But the way to exercise it,
01:55 when we declare a witness in contempt,
02:00 there needs to be due process, an opportunity to hear and explain his testimony.
02:13 Meanwhile, Senator Rafi Tulfo is questioning the budget for the hazard pay of judges,
02:24 and the modernization program for the courts.
02:30 If we go to some courts, the conditions are very bad.
02:35 I would like to also give my full support for the modernization plan,
02:41 or the innovation plan of the Supreme Court, for our lower courts.
02:46 During the pandemic, we saw how processes could be digitalized to expedite matters.
02:54 It would be faster if the courts had internet and data plans to enable them to communicate through email or text
03:03 to inform people on the status of their cases.
03:07 As a subordinate of the National Security Council,
03:12 National Security Advisor Eduardo Año made a statement regarding the recent clashes of the Chinese Coast Guard.
03:21 Secretary Año said that our soldiers will not be deterred.
03:25 We have personnel who were wet,
03:29 and also food that was wet.
03:32 But this is expected.
03:36 We said that any kind of intimidation, coercion,
03:43 our soldiers will not be deterred.
03:46 Yes, and we will not be deterred.
03:48 We will not be intimidated by any illegal actions of the Chinese Coast Guard, the Chinese militia, and the PLA Navy.
03:58 Meanwhile, Angelic, some of the people in line here in the Senate for budget deliberations
04:04 are the budget of the Department of Migrant Workers, Presidential Communications Office,
04:09 and also the budget of the Department of Transportation and other government agencies.
04:16 Angelic?
04:16 Okay, thank you very much, Daniel Manalastas.