A bill drafted by the Supreme Court for a Philippine Marshal Service will be sent to Congress on Monday, according to Court Administrator Midas Marquez. ADVERTISEMENTThe marshals will be under the Supreme Court through the Office of the Court Administrator, according to the high court’s proposal. But these “functions of the Philippine Marshal Service [will be] in accordance with the Constitution, existing laws, jurisprudence,” the proposal read in part. ADVERTISEMENTBiazon’s billBesides the Supreme Court-drafted bill, Muntinlupa Rep. Rufino Biazon has filed a bill to create the Office of Judiciary Marshals. Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta, a former prosecutor and trial judge, included on his agenda the creation of a marshal service patterned after the United States Marshal Service.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 16, 2019 21:33 UTC