DOJ resolves 2,350 petitions for review in 2019, highest in 3 years 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Jeffrey DamicogIn an effort to slash judicial backlog, the Department of Justice (DOJ) had resolved more petitions for review in 2019 compared to the previous years. “For this year (2019), to date, the Department has resolved 2,350 petrev (petitions for review),” said DOJ Assistant Secretary Neal Bainto. Bainto noted that the number of petitions for review resolved in 2019 is way more than the 1,727 resolved in 2017 and the 556 resolved in 2018. DOJ spokesman and Undersecretary Markk Perete attributed the large number of petitions for review resolved in 2019 to efforts made at the DOJ aimed at greatly reducing the backlog of pending petitions for review.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 02, 2020 00:56 UTC