New Law Grants Fiscal Autonomy to Judiciary - BusinessWorld Online

New law grants fiscal autonomy to judiciary - BusinessWorld Online

PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., on Thursday signed a measure aimed at ensuring the courts have guaranteed, automatic funding, and greater control over their budget into law, in a bid to strengthen judicial independence and efficiency. Speaking at Malacañan Palace alongside leaders of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, Mr. Marcos said the law puts “safeguards in place so that the Judiciary can work more efficiently …

Marcos OKs bill granting courts control over budget items

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed into law a bill granting the judiciary more financial autonomy, including the power to modify the General Appropriations Act for their own items.

Marcos signs law giving fiscal autonomy to judiciary

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Thursday the Judicial Fiscal Autonomy Act which seeks to empower the judiciary as an independent and co-equal branch of go

Marcos signs law boosting judiciary’s fiscal autonomy

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday signed into law a measure aimed at strengthening the fiscal autonomy of the judicial branch of government. Known as the Judiciary Fiscal Autonomy Act, the law allows the Supreme Court (SC) to submit its original budget proposal directly to Congress as an attachment to the National Expenditure Program prepared by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). READ: House committee p…

Marcos signs law strengthening fiscal autonomy of judiciary

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday signed into law a measure that would strengthen the fiscal autonomy of the judicial branch of government.

Marcos inks Judicial Fiscal Autonomy Act

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. signed into law the measure defining the scope and extent of the judiciary"s fiscal autonomy.