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response is extremely pragmatic but is a quick fix. Thus he resorts to shortcuts. In particular, he bends or circumvents the law.

Chel is most familiar with the wide range of issues on the rule of law. He is a scholar who has diagnosed the Philippine legal and judicial system, theoretically and empirically. At the same time, he is a practicing lawyer, representing clients, especially the poor and the downtrodden in legal cases. In many instances, he does pro bono work.

From his diagnostics, Chel has offered a coherent set of policy and institutional reforms. The reforms he champions include the following:

• The insulation of justices,

judges, and prosecutors from partisan politics;

• The filling up of vacancies in

the trial courts and prosecution agency by recruiting the most

Chel is not a candidate solely for those who dislike President Rodrigo Duterte but also for those, admittedly the majority, who like Duterte.

competent lawyers who possess integrity;

• The simplification of the

rules on evidence and procedure;

• The reorientation of perfor

mance standard for the police and prosecution toward achieving high conviction rates;

• The creation of transparent

information and monitoring system to track cases and convictions;

• The transfer of police’s dis

ciplinary jurisdiction to the Civil Service Commission;

• The expansion of the Om

budsman’s scope to investigate justices and judges;

• The strengthening of the law

on witness protection by allowing the perpetuation of testimonies of whistleblowers.

What is paramount now is to secure justice and the rule of law. To quote Chel, “We owe it to those who came before us and those who will come after us to make justice a reality.”

Boses ng Katarungan is not partisan politics. Boses ng Katarungan is for the benefit of all Filipinos, regardless of their class and political standpoint.

May our people vote Chel Diokno into office. Economic Reforms.

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