House bill seeks to assist poor litigants

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Approval of a bill establishing a financial assistance program for poor litigants has been prioritized by the House Committee on Poverty Alleviation.

Caloocan City Rep. Dale “Along” Malapitan, committee chairman, has revealed that three bills proposing similar legal aid program for the poor have been consolidated.Authors of the consolidated bill include Reps. John Marvin “Yul Servo” Nieto ; Rolando Valeriano ; Henry Villarica and Malapitan.

Villarica, sole author of HB 4041, said the parameters in determining an indigent litigant as identified by the Public Attorney’s Office, are “no longer realistic and practicable” under the present circumstances. Villarica proposed that an indigent be referred to any individual whose net income falls below the most recent official city, municipal or provincial poverty threshold published by the Philippine Statistics Authority.

 

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