GRAND JURY AND TRIAL JURY FOR THE PHILIPPINES
Target:
The Highly Respected Business, Ecclesiastic and NGO Leaders of the Philippines
The Highly Respected Presidents, Chairmen, CEOs and Managers of:
MAKATI BUSINESS CLUB
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES
ALL CONCERNED BUSINESS LEADERS ALL OVER THE PHILIPPINES
KILOSBAYAN FOUNDATION CONVENORS
BANTAYBAYAN KATARUNGAN FOUNDATION CONVENORS
- And -
The CATHOLIC BISHOP CONFERENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES
The UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST OF THE PHILIPPINES
The EL SHADAI
All Clergies of other Religious Faith in the Philippines.
Dear Most Highly Respected Business and
Ecclesiastical Leaders of the Philippines:
1. I wish to solicit your patriotic sponsorship in the launching of the "People's Jury Initiative." With your indispensable power and influence, we would be able to set up the system that can substantially eliminate graft and corruption by as much as 85-90% in the Philippine Government as well as in putting an end to illegal gambling and prostitution rings and human rights abuses in our country.
2. With your leadership, we can easily accomplish this by the adoption of the Grand Jury and Trial Jury Systems as a part of the administration of Philippine Justice. These systems are being proposed in the "People Jury Initiative" and it is intended as a national statute in accordance with Republic Act 6735. This proposed law will implement Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution that will enable the common and ordinary citizens in the private sector of Philippine Society to exercise and practice their sovereign power and authority over their public officials and/or over any other person whomsoever who may claim as a datu or sultan or royalty with power or influence above the law. This initiative is not an amendment to the said constitutional provision.
3. The work of Grand Juries and Trial Juries will be presided and supervised, but not controlled in making their decision, by lawful authorities such as judges of trial courts and justices of the Sandiganbayan. Judicial supervision consists of giving statutory jury instructions to Jurors on duty. A "statutory" jury instruction is an instruction written in the jury systems law which the judge cannot deviate or change in issuing, or reading to, the jury whether he likes it or not otherwise such a judge can be indicted by a Grand Jury for obstruction of justice upon complaint by any citizen if shown that he did so to favor or disfavor a party or witness to a case.
4. Grand Juries secretly investigate and decide independently to indict in court crime offenders without need of approval by a judge, ombudsman, government prosecutor, datu, sultan or royalty or any influential community leader.
5. The Grand Jury system will grant absolute immunity from prosecution in favor of any and all givers in bribery including those who have offered bribes to any public official or judge (who, in fact, are silent victims of extortion and solicitation by powerful characters of society and in the government) when such giver or offeror of a bribe shall testify against the recipients of their bribes. If he shall refuse to testify in spite of the grant of immunity from prosecution, he shall be charged for obstruction of justice - not for bribery - as defined in the proposed jury systems law.
6. Trial Juries shall likewise decide independently to try and convict accused crime offenders regardless of rank, position or title in the government or influence or royalty as a datu or sultan of society. In the "People's Jury Initiative", Presiding judges and justices will not be allowed to participate in jury deliberations to issue jury verdicts or decisions. The jury verdict shall be exclusively decided by private citizens who serve as jurors that compose the jury.
7. Trial juries simply decide on their own free and independent judgment in their secret deliberating room after they have receive their jury instructions on the law and have seen or heard the evidence at the trial.
8. Jurors are not afraid to decide against any powerful government character including the indictment or conviction of a corrupt President because, as private citizens, they owe no gratitude to any government high official in obtaining their jobs with their private employers. Vindictive accused grafters cannot fire or terminate private citizens from their jobs with their private employers either.
9. Membership in juries, or the jurors, will be limited to all citizens in the private sector only which compose the absolute sovereign majority of Philippine democracy. They will be chosen by lottery from registered voters of their judicial districts. Disqualified from jury duty or membership are public officials, employees, members of police and armed forces and any or all persons employed in any government instrumentality and government owned or controlled or quasi-government corporations.
10. Juries will likewise solve the nagging Muslim and Christian relationship in the Philippines and shall improve the unity of the Filipino People in the same manner the jury systems in the United States for over 200 years now that had forced the American people to follow their rule of law, rather than the whimsical rule of their leaders and public officials, thus keeping itself free from rampant government corruption. Juries have further greatly maintained the unity of the American people not only among its Muslim inhabitants but also with all other ethnic groups, nationalities in, and the various Sister States of, said country. We may recall that Philippine democracy is an exact replica of U.S. democracy and the Filipino people, Muslims and Christians alike, deserve to live in the same peaceful and united atmosphere of that great democracy - not as how the TRAPOS, abusive sultans, and warmongering datus, are administering the democratic government of the Philippines today.
Enactment of the Jury System will break the stalemate in the
so-called Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain.
11. The Jury System is the perfect and lasting solution to the Bangsamoro secession movement in the southern Philippines. It will stop the slavery and slaughter of common peaceful and ordinary Muslims who are forced against their will to fight as mercenaries and used as pawns in the ever increasing violent rivalry wars in politics, business, and courtships between, and in behalf, of their warmongering datus and sultans as well as their selfish desire to annihilate the Christians to whom their forebears with the orchestration of their former leading datus and sultans in selling previously to the Christians their idle and uncultivated lands.
12. The Jury System will liberate the common and poor Muslims of their bondage from their abusive datus, sultans, and corrupt government officials far more than the liberation and benefits they will derive from their Bangsamoro secession movement, aka: BJE. This BJE will tightened even more their slavery in the hands of their corrupt leaders, abusive sultans and warmongering datus who are, in fact, misleading them into this BJE. Please refer to paragraph No. 16 on how the poor Muslims and poor Christians will be united in justice, through the Jury Systems, to resist with their sovereign power over the dictatorial abuses of government officials, datus and sultans.
13. I would be delighted to send you upon request a CD containing the details of the draft of the proposed "People's Jury Initiative", the steps to follow, the forms needed, and the petition to the COMELEC requesting the setting of the election date for the approval by the people of the adoption of the Philippine Jury Systems Law.
14. The draft of the proposed jury law was expertly prepared by Atty. Marlowe Camello, a registered lawyer both in the Philippines and in California who is highly familiar with the workings of the Grand Jury and Trial Jury Systems. He was also a former law practitioner in Cotabato City and law graduate of the Notre Dame University of Cotabato City.
15. The wisdom behind the adoption of the jury systems is TO EMPOWER THE POOR AND THE WEAK to have a DECIDING POWER IN JUSTICE to secretly investigate and indict in court by the GRAND JURY, or to try and convict by the TRIAL JURY, any abusive and corrupt personality of Philippine Society or Government regardless of his rank, power, title, position, or royalty.
16. The Jury System is the empowerment of the ordinary common and ordinary Christians, the ordinary and common Muslims who are treated like slaves by their datus and sultans, so that all these common ordinary citizens, Christians and Muslims alike jointly, in the private sector of society shall be united in justice, when called to serve as members of either the Grand Juries and Trial Juries that will enable them to impose and enforce their sovereign power and authority under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution against their "almighty corrupt" government leaders, abusive sultans and warmongering datus who act like gods to impose their will on ordinary citizens and ordinary Muslims.
17. I hope you will reserve judgment as to the adaptability of the jury systems in the Philippines until you have read the materials in the CD I wish to send you. It is where you will surprisingly find that before a person can serve as a juror, he must first know nothing about laws [Basic Statutory Jury Instruction No. (16) in the proposed Jury Systems Law], the reason why lawyers cannot sit as trial jurors.
18. Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States said: "The Jury is the only anchor yet imagined by man that can hold a government to the principles of its constitution."
19. Setting up of the Philippine Jury System is also the fulfilment of President Magsaysay's wishes when he said: "Those who have less in life must have more in law."
20. United we stand, we will be able to establish the mechanism, the jury system for the exclusive use of the people in the private sector, for their imposition of decency in the government. It could lead into lasting peace and business prosperity in our country that can transform the Philippines into the centre of commerce and industry in East Asia. Indeed, instilling decency in the government will greatly help your enterprises and business to flourish and expand with more expected income and revenues compared to their current revenues under the present government monopolized system of justice.
21. Thank you all and God bless us in this noble crusade.
Sincerely yours,
VIC DEL FIERRO, JR., A fearless fighter for Justice of the oppressed.
President, Coalition for Consumers Protection and Welfare, Inc.
The Highly Respected Presidents, Chairmen, CEOs and Managers of:
MAKATI BUSINESS CLUB
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES
ALL CONCERNED BUSINESS LEADERS ALL OVER THE PHILIPPINES
KILOSBAYAN FOUNDATION CONVENORS
BANTAYBAYAN KATARUNGAN FOUNDATION CONVENORS
- And -
The CATHOLIC BISHOP CONFERENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES
The UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST OF THE PHILIPPINES
The EL SHADAI
All Clergies of other Religious Faith in the Philippines.
Dear Most Highly Respected Business and
Ecclesiastical Leaders of the Philippines:
1. I wish to solicit your patriotic sponsorship in the launching of the "People's Jury Initiative." With your indispensable power and influence, we would be able to set up the system that can substantially eliminate graft and corruption by as much as 85-90% in the Philippine Government as well as in putting an end to illegal gambling and prostitution rings and human rights abuses in our country.
2. With your leadership, we can easily accomplish this by the adoption of the Grand Jury and Trial Jury Systems as a part of the administration of Philippine Justice. These systems are being proposed in the "People Jury Initiative" and it is intended as a national statute in accordance with Republic Act 6735. This proposed law will implement Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution that will enable the common and ordinary citizens in the private sector of Philippine Society to exercise and practice their sovereign power and authority over their public officials and/or over any other person whomsoever who may claim as a datu or sultan or royalty with power or influence above the law. This initiative is not an amendment to the said constitutional provision.
3. The work of Grand Juries and Trial Juries will be presided and supervised, but not controlled in making their decision, by lawful authorities such as judges of trial courts and justices of the Sandiganbayan. Judicial supervision consists of giving statutory jury instructions to Jurors on duty. A "statutory" jury instruction is an instruction written in the jury systems law which the judge cannot deviate or change in issuing, or reading to, the jury whether he likes it or not otherwise such a judge can be indicted by a Grand Jury for obstruction of justice upon complaint by any citizen if shown that he did so to favor or disfavor a party or witness to a case.
4. Grand Juries secretly investigate and decide independently to indict in court crime offenders without need of approval by a judge, ombudsman, government prosecutor, datu, sultan or royalty or any influential community leader.
5. The Grand Jury system will grant absolute immunity from prosecution in favor of any and all givers in bribery including those who have offered bribes to any public official or judge (who, in fact, are silent victims of extortion and solicitation by powerful characters of society and in the government) when such giver or offeror of a bribe shall testify against the recipients of their bribes. If he shall refuse to testify in spite of the grant of immunity from prosecution, he shall be charged for obstruction of justice - not for bribery - as defined in the proposed jury systems law.
6. Trial Juries shall likewise decide independently to try and convict accused crime offenders regardless of rank, position or title in the government or influence or royalty as a datu or sultan of society. In the "People's Jury Initiative", Presiding judges and justices will not be allowed to participate in jury deliberations to issue jury verdicts or decisions. The jury verdict shall be exclusively decided by private citizens who serve as jurors that compose the jury.
7. Trial juries simply decide on their own free and independent judgment in their secret deliberating room after they have receive their jury instructions on the law and have seen or heard the evidence at the trial.
8. Jurors are not afraid to decide against any powerful government character including the indictment or conviction of a corrupt President because, as private citizens, they owe no gratitude to any government high official in obtaining their jobs with their private employers. Vindictive accused grafters cannot fire or terminate private citizens from their jobs with their private employers either.
9. Membership in juries, or the jurors, will be limited to all citizens in the private sector only which compose the absolute sovereign majority of Philippine democracy. They will be chosen by lottery from registered voters of their judicial districts. Disqualified from jury duty or membership are public officials, employees, members of police and armed forces and any or all persons employed in any government instrumentality and government owned or controlled or quasi-government corporations.
10. Juries will likewise solve the nagging Muslim and Christian relationship in the Philippines and shall improve the unity of the Filipino People in the same manner the jury systems in the United States for over 200 years now that had forced the American people to follow their rule of law, rather than the whimsical rule of their leaders and public officials, thus keeping itself free from rampant government corruption. Juries have further greatly maintained the unity of the American people not only among its Muslim inhabitants but also with all other ethnic groups, nationalities in, and the various Sister States of, said country. We may recall that Philippine democracy is an exact replica of U.S. democracy and the Filipino people, Muslims and Christians alike, deserve to live in the same peaceful and united atmosphere of that great democracy - not as how the TRAPOS, abusive sultans, and warmongering datus, are administering the democratic government of the Philippines today.
Enactment of the Jury System will break the stalemate in the
so-called Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain.
11. The Jury System is the perfect and lasting solution to the Bangsamoro secession movement in the southern Philippines. It will stop the slavery and slaughter of common peaceful and ordinary Muslims who are forced against their will to fight as mercenaries and used as pawns in the ever increasing violent rivalry wars in politics, business, and courtships between, and in behalf, of their warmongering datus and sultans as well as their selfish desire to annihilate the Christians to whom their forebears with the orchestration of their former leading datus and sultans in selling previously to the Christians their idle and uncultivated lands.
12. The Jury System will liberate the common and poor Muslims of their bondage from their abusive datus, sultans, and corrupt government officials far more than the liberation and benefits they will derive from their Bangsamoro secession movement, aka: BJE. This BJE will tightened even more their slavery in the hands of their corrupt leaders, abusive sultans and warmongering datus who are, in fact, misleading them into this BJE. Please refer to paragraph No. 16 on how the poor Muslims and poor Christians will be united in justice, through the Jury Systems, to resist with their sovereign power over the dictatorial abuses of government officials, datus and sultans.
13. I would be delighted to send you upon request a CD containing the details of the draft of the proposed "People's Jury Initiative", the steps to follow, the forms needed, and the petition to the COMELEC requesting the setting of the election date for the approval by the people of the adoption of the Philippine Jury Systems Law.
14. The draft of the proposed jury law was expertly prepared by Atty. Marlowe Camello, a registered lawyer both in the Philippines and in California who is highly familiar with the workings of the Grand Jury and Trial Jury Systems. He was also a former law practitioner in Cotabato City and law graduate of the Notre Dame University of Cotabato City.
15. The wisdom behind the adoption of the jury systems is TO EMPOWER THE POOR AND THE WEAK to have a DECIDING POWER IN JUSTICE to secretly investigate and indict in court by the GRAND JURY, or to try and convict by the TRIAL JURY, any abusive and corrupt personality of Philippine Society or Government regardless of his rank, power, title, position, or royalty.
16. The Jury System is the empowerment of the ordinary common and ordinary Christians, the ordinary and common Muslims who are treated like slaves by their datus and sultans, so that all these common ordinary citizens, Christians and Muslims alike jointly, in the private sector of society shall be united in justice, when called to serve as members of either the Grand Juries and Trial Juries that will enable them to impose and enforce their sovereign power and authority under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution against their "almighty corrupt" government leaders, abusive sultans and warmongering datus who act like gods to impose their will on ordinary citizens and ordinary Muslims.
17. I hope you will reserve judgment as to the adaptability of the jury systems in the Philippines until you have read the materials in the CD I wish to send you. It is where you will surprisingly find that before a person can serve as a juror, he must first know nothing about laws [Basic Statutory Jury Instruction No. (16) in the proposed Jury Systems Law], the reason why lawyers cannot sit as trial jurors.
18. Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States said: "The Jury is the only anchor yet imagined by man that can hold a government to the principles of its constitution."
19. Setting up of the Philippine Jury System is also the fulfilment of President Magsaysay's wishes when he said: "Those who have less in life must have more in law."
20. United we stand, we will be able to establish the mechanism, the jury system for the exclusive use of the people in the private sector, for their imposition of decency in the government. It could lead into lasting peace and business prosperity in our country that can transform the Philippines into the centre of commerce and industry in East Asia. Indeed, instilling decency in the government will greatly help your enterprises and business to flourish and expand with more expected income and revenues compared to their current revenues under the present government monopolized system of justice.
21. Thank you all and God bless us in this noble crusade.
Sincerely yours,
VIC DEL FIERRO, JR., A fearless fighter for Justice of the oppressed.
President, Coalition for Consumers Protection and Welfare, Inc.
We signed the "GRAND JURY AND TRIAL JURY FOR THE PHILIPPINES" petition!
# 44:
4:25 pm PST, Jan 24,
MJ Ramos, Connecticut
# 43:
12:14 am PST, Jan 24,
Minda Mora Jacutin Santos, Philippines
I agree to have a Jury System in the Philippines to eliminate corruption and to give better services in our country.
I agree to have a Jury System in the Philippines to eliminate corruption and to give better services in our country.
# 42:
10:30 am PST, Jan 23,
Romualdo Renta, Philippines
i agree to have a jury system in the philippine judicial system to avoid corruption and to make fair to all people. It is also good for the filipino people to practice their rights as far as the art 2 of the philippine constitution.
i agree to have a jury system in the philippine judicial system to avoid corruption and to make fair to all people. It is also good for the filipino people to practice their rights as far as the art 2 of the philippine constitution.
# 41:
7:07 pm PST, Jan 1,
Jennifer Gardner, Florida
# 40:
4:13 pm PST, Dec 6,
Name not displayed, Florida
This petition moves for the betterment of all people and their governments. I have experienced utter consequences from the simple out of control effects of corrupt ways, and decisions, whether in economic or social forums. I have read the "Political Graft...," article by Goldman published in 2005, and I can understand so much more the disastrous effects of those who are expected of "integrity," but yet, become submerged in utter disgrace; regardless of the circumstances which have deemed them corrupt. I have not learned of any of the issues that face Phillipinian people, but any measure to eradicate corruption, I support. There is not any political structure immune to poor mistakes, for this reason continual betterment through the clarification of policy is in order!
This petition moves for the betterment of all people and their governments. I have experienced utter consequences from the simple out of control effects of corrupt ways, and decisions, whether in economic or social forums. I have read the "Political Graft...," article by Goldman published in 2005, and I can understand so much more the disastrous effects of those who are expected of "integrity," but yet, become submerged in utter disgrace; regardless of the circumstances which have deemed them corrupt. I have not learned of any of the issues that face Phillipinian people, but any measure to eradicate corruption, I support. There is not any political structure immune to poor mistakes, for this reason continual betterment through the clarification of policy is in order!
# 39:
3:33 am PST, Nov 17,
SAHEED ADEREMI, Nigeria
Health First foundation in Africa No1, Wuraola Esan Street, Off, Adeoyo Ring Road, P.o. box 18575,Dugbe, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Reg:- No. CAC/NO/20368 Tel: - +234 2 7512912,80 72299928, 80 58105358 E-mail: - crowhealth1st@gmail.com health1st_in@yahoo.com www.hefifa.org Dear Sir/Ma, It is my pleasure to introduce to you Health First Foundation in Africa Nigeria. HEFIFA is a non-profit, humanitarian organization with principal objective to empower health education and socio-economic welfare as effort to reduce poverty in Africa. The mission of HEFIFA is to contribute to the provision of improved health education and sustainable financial services to the low-income population through actively engaging in state wide collaborative and multi-disciplinary approaches. OUR MANDATE INCLUDES:- HIV/ AIDS Economic Support. Micro - finance Support Service. Career Development. Women's Humen Right Development. City Development Upgranding. At the moment the Health First Foundation, where I work, is planning to bid on projects in West Africa. However we would certainly be interested in learning more about your organization so that we could share this information internally as well as with our Africa region. If possible please send a brochure with more information on your corporate capabilities as well as contact information for your organization. In the meantime if you require additional information about HEFIFA, please contact me and I will be happy to answer your questions. Our 24 hours online service is now under construction. Kind regards, S. ADEREMI Project Manager
Health First foundation in Africa No1, Wuraola Esan Street, Off, Adeoyo Ring Road, P.o. box 18575,Dugbe, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Reg:- No. CAC/NO/20368 Tel: - +234 2 7512912,80 72299928, 80 58105358 E-mail: - crowhealth1st@gmail.com health1st_in@yahoo.com www.hefifa.org Dear Sir/Ma, It is my pleasure to introduce to you Health First Foundation in Africa Nigeria. HEFIFA is a non-profit, humanitarian organization with principal objective to empower health education and socio-economic welfare as effort to reduce poverty in Africa. The mission of HEFIFA is to contribute to the provision of improved health education and sustainable financial services to the low-income population through actively engaging in state wide collaborative and multi-disciplinary approaches. OUR MANDATE INCLUDES:- HIV/ AIDS Economic Support. Micro - finance Support Service. Career Development. Women's Humen Right Development. City Development Upgranding. At the moment the Health First Foundation, where I work, is planning to bid on projects in West Africa. However we would certainly be interested in learning more about your organization so that we could share this information internally as well as with our Africa region. If possible please send a brochure with more information on your corporate capabilities as well as contact information for your organization. In the meantime if you require additional information about HEFIFA, please contact me and I will be happy to answer your questions. Our 24 hours online service is now under construction. Kind regards, S. ADEREMI Project Manager
# 38:
9:07 am PST, Nov 7,
Jason Samilin, American Samoa
I Fully Support 100% of having a Grand Jury in the Philippines...
I Fully Support 100% of having a Grand Jury in the Philippines...
# 37:
7:00 am PDT, Sep 30,
Lolita De Jesus, California
I agree having a jury system in my country. Also, how about a system that will watch the government funds' spendings to ensure that they are spent as intended and does not go to somebody's pockets. God help and protect our country!
I agree having a jury system in my country. Also, how about a system that will watch the government funds' spendings to ensure that they are spent as intended and does not go to somebody's pockets. God help and protect our country!
# 36:
7:38 pm PDT, Sep 28,
Roberto Viernes, Hawaii
# 35:
6:38 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 34:
12:36 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Armando Espiritu, Texas
# 33:
12:49 am PDT, Sep 26,
Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 32:
10:12 am PDT, Sep 13,
Eliseo Barja, Illinois
I myself am sold to this idea of a jury system because it provides for a direct participation by the citizens in the administration of justice. It also lessens the possibility of corruption on those making decisions on criminal cases because these decisions are made not by one but by several people collectively in an environment away from direct influence by the outside world.
I myself am sold to this idea of a jury system because it provides for a direct participation by the citizens in the administration of justice. It also lessens the possibility of corruption on those making decisions on criminal cases because these decisions are made not by one but by several people collectively in an environment away from direct influence by the outside world.
# 31:
6:47 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Roman Rama Guerrero, Philippines
I fully support the enactment of Grand Jury and Trial Jury for the Philippines to curb corruption and violence that has increased greatly during the current administration.
I fully support the enactment of Grand Jury and Trial Jury for the Philippines to curb corruption and violence that has increased greatly during the current administration.
# 30:
6:50 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Name not displayed, Philippines
I agree that having a jury system can be beneficial and useful to the country.
I agree that having a jury system can be beneficial and useful to the country.
# 29:
7:42 pm PDT, Aug 26,
THOMAS PRAXEDES, Washington
Though i agree with the mission statement of this petition,i would like to emphasize,that there are issues that i strongly oppose,mainly the MOA-AD , though i have not read part or in whole about that particular issue,i would just like to clear my position ,in the event that there comes a deviation of objective.
Though i agree with the mission statement of this petition,i would like to emphasize,that there are issues that i strongly oppose,mainly the MOA-AD , though i have not read part or in whole about that particular issue,i would just like to clear my position ,in the event that there comes a deviation of objective.
# 28:
8:41 am PDT, Aug 25,
Lolita Ancheta, United Kingdom
To my Nationalist and Patriotic Kababayan Let us show once again to the whole world our unity by supporting this noble task for the benefit of justice thereby creating a NEW ORDER for our beloved country the Philippines...
To my Nationalist and Patriotic Kababayan Let us show once again to the whole world our unity by supporting this noble task for the benefit of justice thereby creating a NEW ORDER for our beloved country the Philippines...
# 27:
9:55 am PDT, Aug 21,
Kenneth Dabi, Philippines
I am absolutely for an efficient jury system, but why in cases involving government officials alone? Maybe we can enhance the system by including public and private crimes, and even civil cases involving fraud or embezzlement by private individuals/entities? It may not only reduce government corruption, but it could also be a tool to decrease pervasive criminality, terrorism disguised as a political or religious advocacy, and public abuses by a powerful but morally-degraded private/business/religous sector...
I am absolutely for an efficient jury system, but why in cases involving government officials alone? Maybe we can enhance the system by including public and private crimes, and even civil cases involving fraud or embezzlement by private individuals/entities? It may not only reduce government corruption, but it could also be a tool to decrease pervasive criminality, terrorism disguised as a political or religious advocacy, and public abuses by a powerful but morally-degraded private/business/religous sector...
# 26:
8:52 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Al Buenaflor, Hawaii
Im tired of listening to politics in the Philippines I want ACTIONS. Politics in the Philippines become a business, before election they are POOR after their term they are RICH! I strongly support the Grand Jury and Trial Jury petition. Thanks for the Good and Concern Citizens.
Im tired of listening to politics in the Philippines I want ACTIONS. Politics in the Philippines become a business, before election they are POOR after their term they are RICH! I strongly support the Grand Jury and Trial Jury petition. Thanks for the Good and Concern Citizens.
# 25:
8:54 am PDT, Aug 18,
Marylou Natividad-harms, Arizona
I am a Filipina and a Prosecutor for the City of Tucson, Arizona, USA. There are a lot of advantages to having a Jury trial. Since, the Philippines is known for corruption, jury trial(s) may well be the answer to curb that problem. It is obviously more difficult to bribe 12 people than one judge. Not to mention, that you get common people involved in the administration of Justice and help instill in them the values of fairness, objectivity, and caring for their country. By having Jury trials, those people responsible for plundering the country's coffers will be made to answer to those who have suffered the most for their corruption, and that is the ordinary, poor, starving MASSES. Marylou Natividad-Harms, Esq. Atty. At Law President of the Philippine American Sampaguita Club of Tucson, Arizona City Prosecutor City of TUcson, AZ (520) 837-3368
I am a Filipina and a Prosecutor for the City of Tucson, Arizona, USA. There are a lot of advantages to having a Jury trial. Since, the Philippines is known for corruption, jury trial(s) may well be the answer to curb that problem. It is obviously more difficult to bribe 12 people than one judge. Not to mention, that you get common people involved in the administration of Justice and help instill in them the values of fairness, objectivity, and caring for their country. By having Jury trials, those people responsible for plundering the country's coffers will be made to answer to those who have suffered the most for their corruption, and that is the ordinary, poor, starving MASSES. Marylou Natividad-Harms, Esq. Atty. At Law President of the Philippine American Sampaguita Club of Tucson, Arizona City Prosecutor City of TUcson, AZ (520) 837-3368
# 24:
7:22 am PDT, Aug 18,
Marilyn Z. O. Doromal, Georgia
" The house we hope to build is not for my generation but for yours.It is your future that matters". We liv ein freedom. We live lives that are statement not an apology." R. Reagan We build the house for your descendants and mine. Thnaks , Marilyn
" The house we hope to build is not for my generation but for yours.It is your future that matters". We liv ein freedom. We live lives that are statement not an apology." R. Reagan We build the house for your descendants and mine. Thnaks , Marilyn
# 23:
7:32 pm PDT, Aug 17,
Name not displayed, Maine
# 22:
1:46 pm PDT, Aug 17,
Jerry Nepomuceno, Canada
We are currently in a situation where the people lost their trust to our government especially in our justice system. Together we can make a difference and seek for a peaceful change by supporting the petition for the Grand Jury and Trial Jury for the Philippines. Let us put an end to our blame game! Bawat Pilipino ay nangangarap ng matuwid, makatao at mapagkalingang gobyerno para sa mga darating na henerasyon.
We are currently in a situation where the people lost their trust to our government especially in our justice system. Together we can make a difference and seek for a peaceful change by supporting the petition for the Grand Jury and Trial Jury for the Philippines. Let us put an end to our blame game! Bawat Pilipino ay nangangarap ng matuwid, makatao at mapagkalingang gobyerno para sa mga darating na henerasyon.
# 21:
11:23 am PDT, Aug 17,
Danny Sanchez, California
# 20:
5:06 pm PDT, Aug 16,
Emeterio Barcelon, S.J., Philippines
This will be a great help in re invigorating our country.
This will be a great help in re invigorating our country.
# 19:
3:04 pm PDT, Aug 16,
Jose Samilin, Missouri
To Our Honorable Sponsors, I am appealing sincerely from heart to your goodness selves and kind conscience for support in your own special way in whatever manner that may urge your usual kindness to lead your support and discretion, be it financial, spiritual or others. However, our basic need which is most pressing at this stage of the project is your financial support to continue the Peoples'Jury Initiative in its implementation for the ultimate solution in empowering the great mass of people of the Philippines and to use this power granted by the constitution to be the power and strength in the Philippine Judicial System for speedy trial designed to reach fair, workable and acceptable verdicts in criminal and civil cases. The urgent purpose of Peoples' Jury Initiative at its inception is to fight corruption and violence in our country (until the country will settle down to normal business) the single most obstacle in our economic and social progress as a Nation and the root cause sufferings of the poor and powerless people of our country. That can be account for about 85% of the total population. It is high as it may be, but that is how I felt as is going on in our country and affirmed by the previous surveys and statistics that the Philippines in their recent survey is the number one as most corrupt and most violent Nation in Asia. This condition of our country, alone will justify the worth of every single peso to be spent for this purpose, for our kind and conscientious sponsors would be impelled and won’t let their hearts bleed further knowing that here is the ultimate solution, the Jury System. My heart bleeds as I see our poor and powerless people crying out for justice and their cries gets lauder and more intense which becomes like the smoke of burning incense that flies up to heaven as prayers reaching to God. Your humble petitioner, Jose Samilin, happened to witnessed the Grand Jury and Jury Trial works effectively for the benefits of the people in the United States and its Pacific Territory, American Samoa, during my years of Public Accounting practice as CPA in the Philippines, but admitted to practice in American Samoa under the grand father clause of American Samoan Laws. At a glance it seem it would be doubtful the effectiveness of Jury system due to most similar customs and traditions of the Philippines. As a Forensic Auditor and expert witness in Court in a Jury Trial, to a certain point in out trial preparation, I decided to resign because I lost confidence the system will work, because family ties among government witness and defendant’s lawyer that I am working for. This matter was resolved by one session with my Attorney to explain all related matters, after which, I accepted, I understood its workings, the high and low points, the risk, but most of all the role of an attorney as agent of court and the significance my work, my profession, as audit investigator and expert witness in court Jury trial. In this case we won and justice prevailed in the whole land. Many more similar cases followed where I got involved, tax criminal case, tax civil collection, embezzlement case, land trusteeship civil case, wrongful death case and many more corporate Federal and local income tax cases. Many kababayan who have worked for American Samoa with the existence of the Jury trial in their Judicial System of that country would not hesitate to witness the peacefulness and beauty of American Samoa and its environment. We have friendly and kind people in Samoa and similar hospitality we enjoyed like our Filipino custom. With exception of course, there are also corrupt official there, to name a few including past congressman, representatives, senators, Directors and employees, because they involved Federal Funds, they were all dealt with accordingly by Grand Jury and Jury trials in each proper Federal Court jurisdiction and mostly were in Hawaii. The island and its people are peaceful, because corrupt officials and grafters were never successful in their acts under the system. People accepted the system and lived by its discipline. My five children were born and raised, though with less opportunity as big mall and entertainment Disneyland, etc., but we avail of many federal programs after school activities for the kids, and many local organizations for sports, entertainment, church activities, weekend dances little league baseball and footfall, skills improvement and family life. We have closely serve and supervise our children as they grew op and mature and as parents have more time to attend to the personal needs of our children on our 24 years living in the community and people embracing some of their language, customs and traditions. Our beloved Sponsors, I reiterate my appeal for financial support and other assistance to launch the Peoples’ Jury Initiative. Your share in this endeavor is certainly an occasion offered through Christ by God for self-redemption and the redemption of Filipino Peoples’ sufferings in the hands of oppressors, long inflected by rich, powerful, but corrupt, violent and merciless people and officials of our government. With the blessing of our Almighty God, while we are a friend of grace, we could turn the tide in favor of change, peace and justice with the power of goodness of God bestowed in us as an instrument of Him to bring back the original purpose of creation of man, the order of His creation to love and worship Him. Our faith in Christ led us to our salvation by our holiness in participating in the ordinariness of our life in Christ Paschal mystery, our obedience without disdain and with faith in God. Our beloved sponsors are certainly the blessings and hope for the transformation of our country to become peaceful and progressive Nation that people enjoy their right to live in their own sweet home country, the Philippines will become great Nation Again. May God bless you with His peace with all in your families and in all your endeavors. Sincerely, Jose Samilin
To Our Honorable Sponsors, I am appealing sincerely from heart to your goodness selves and kind conscience for support in your own special way in whatever manner that may urge your usual kindness to lead your support and discretion, be it financial, spiritual or others. However, our basic need which is most pressing at this stage of the project is your financial support to continue the Peoples'Jury Initiative in its implementation for the ultimate solution in empowering the great mass of people of the Philippines and to use this power granted by the constitution to be the power and strength in the Philippine Judicial System for speedy trial designed to reach fair, workable and acceptable verdicts in criminal and civil cases. The urgent purpose of Peoples' Jury Initiative at its inception is to fight corruption and violence in our country (until the country will settle down to normal business) the single most obstacle in our economic and social progress as a Nation and the root cause sufferings of the poor and powerless people of our country. That can be account for about 85% of the total population. It is high as it may be, but that is how I felt as is going on in our country and affirmed by the previous surveys and statistics that the Philippines in their recent survey is the number one as most corrupt and most violent Nation in Asia. This condition of our country, alone will justify the worth of every single peso to be spent for this purpose, for our kind and conscientious sponsors would be impelled and won’t let their hearts bleed further knowing that here is the ultimate solution, the Jury System. My heart bleeds as I see our poor and powerless people crying out for justice and their cries gets lauder and more intense which becomes like the smoke of burning incense that flies up to heaven as prayers reaching to God. Your humble petitioner, Jose Samilin, happened to witnessed the Grand Jury and Jury Trial works effectively for the benefits of the people in the United States and its Pacific Territory, American Samoa, during my years of Public Accounting practice as CPA in the Philippines, but admitted to practice in American Samoa under the grand father clause of American Samoan Laws. At a glance it seem it would be doubtful the effectiveness of Jury system due to most similar customs and traditions of the Philippines. As a Forensic Auditor and expert witness in Court in a Jury Trial, to a certain point in out trial preparation, I decided to resign because I lost confidence the system will work, because family ties among government witness and defendant’s lawyer that I am working for. This matter was resolved by one session with my Attorney to explain all related matters, after which, I accepted, I understood its workings, the high and low points, the risk, but most of all the role of an attorney as agent of court and the significance my work, my profession, as audit investigator and expert witness in court Jury trial. In this case we won and justice prevailed in the whole land. Many more similar cases followed where I got involved, tax criminal case, tax civil collection, embezzlement case, land trusteeship civil case, wrongful death case and many more corporate Federal and local income tax cases. Many kababayan who have worked for American Samoa with the existence of the Jury trial in their Judicial System of that country would not hesitate to witness the peacefulness and beauty of American Samoa and its environment. We have friendly and kind people in Samoa and similar hospitality we enjoyed like our Filipino custom. With exception of course, there are also corrupt official there, to name a few including past congressman, representatives, senators, Directors and employees, because they involved Federal Funds, they were all dealt with accordingly by Grand Jury and Jury trials in each proper Federal Court jurisdiction and mostly were in Hawaii. The island and its people are peaceful, because corrupt officials and grafters were never successful in their acts under the system. People accepted the system and lived by its discipline. My five children were born and raised, though with less opportunity as big mall and entertainment Disneyland, etc., but we avail of many federal programs after school activities for the kids, and many local organizations for sports, entertainment, church activities, weekend dances little league baseball and footfall, skills improvement and family life. We have closely serve and supervise our children as they grew op and mature and as parents have more time to attend to the personal needs of our children on our 24 years living in the community and people embracing some of their language, customs and traditions. Our beloved Sponsors, I reiterate my appeal for financial support and other assistance to launch the Peoples’ Jury Initiative. Your share in this endeavor is certainly an occasion offered through Christ by God for self-redemption and the redemption of Filipino Peoples’ sufferings in the hands of oppressors, long inflected by rich, powerful, but corrupt, violent and merciless people and officials of our government. With the blessing of our Almighty God, while we are a friend of grace, we could turn the tide in favor of change, peace and justice with the power of goodness of God bestowed in us as an instrument of Him to bring back the original purpose of creation of man, the order of His creation to love and worship Him. Our faith in Christ led us to our salvation by our holiness in participating in the ordinariness of our life in Christ Paschal mystery, our obedience without disdain and with faith in God. Our beloved sponsors are certainly the blessings and hope for the transformation of our country to become peaceful and progressive Nation that people enjoy their right to live in their own sweet home country, the Philippines will become great Nation Again. May God bless you with His peace with all in your families and in all your endeavors. Sincerely, Jose Samilin
# 18:
1:09 pm PDT, Aug 16,
Name not displayed, Greece
# 17:
11:18 am PDT, Aug 16,
Tani Trinindad, California
# 16:
9:45 pm PDT, Aug 15,
PEPE PAGDANGANAN, Philippines
# 15:
7:50 pm PDT, Aug 15,
Paz Reyes, Philippines
It's about time we start something better that will eliminate the present ills of our justice system, hopefully one that will deter corruption. I believe the Jury System will be a blessing for all justice seeking Filipinos. I hope that its time has finally come.
It's about time we start something better that will eliminate the present ills of our justice system, hopefully one that will deter corruption. I believe the Jury System will be a blessing for all justice seeking Filipinos. I hope that its time has finally come.
# 14:
2:57 pm PDT, Aug 15,
Amanda Riley, New Jersey
# 12:
12:11 am PDT, Aug 15,
Maria Chua, Philippines
# 11:
11:17 pm PDT, Aug 14,
Jonnel Espaldon, Philippines
Let us not be afraid of change as life demands change.
Let us not be afraid of change as life demands change.
# 10:
7:34 pm PDT, Aug 14,
Name not displayed, Illinois
I am signing this petition not only for reasons for graph and corruption and other major dilemmas that our nation is facing. I'm also signing this to help stop the government from giving a part of our country to the MILFs or any other rebellious muslim and non muslim groups. I strongly agree that people should take a stand against the corrupted leaders of our nation and fight back for our rights.
I am signing this petition not only for reasons for graph and corruption and other major dilemmas that our nation is facing. I'm also signing this to help stop the government from giving a part of our country to the MILFs or any other rebellious muslim and non muslim groups. I strongly agree that people should take a stand against the corrupted leaders of our nation and fight back for our rights.
# 9:
9:12 am PDT, Aug 14,
Evelyn M. Anderson, California
Dear Sir: It is high time we have a jury system in the Philippines. In our country,if you are a powerful person or politician, you can pull strings with the right people in the judiciary system. I know this is true as I currently have 2 cases pending in the Philippines and I have been a victim myself. Please take this matter into consideration seriously.
Dear Sir: It is high time we have a jury system in the Philippines. In our country,if you are a powerful person or politician, you can pull strings with the right people in the judiciary system. I know this is true as I currently have 2 cases pending in the Philippines and I have been a victim myself. Please take this matter into consideration seriously.
# 8:
9:12 am PDT, Aug 14,
Evelyn M. Anderson, California
Dear Sir: It is high time we have a jury system in the Philippines. In our country,if you are a powerful person or politician, you can pull strings with the right people in the judiciary system. I know this is true as I currently have 2 cases pending in the Philippines and I have been a victim myself. Please take this matter into consideration seriously.
Dear Sir: It is high time we have a jury system in the Philippines. In our country,if you are a powerful person or politician, you can pull strings with the right people in the judiciary system. I know this is true as I currently have 2 cases pending in the Philippines and I have been a victim myself. Please take this matter into consideration seriously.
# 7:
11:21 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Fabian Espina, California
I hereby favor for the approval of a Grand Jury in our justice system in the Philippines.....
I hereby favor for the approval of a Grand Jury in our justice system in the Philippines.....
# 6:
2:39 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Name not displayed, New York
# 5:
12:49 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Benny Rayel, United Kingdom
This is the moment to fight for justice. May all freedom loving and nationalist Filipinos all over the world sign this petition as a living legacy to the next generations...God Bless the Philippines! Mabuhay tayong lahat!
This is the moment to fight for justice. May all freedom loving and nationalist Filipinos all over the world sign this petition as a living legacy to the next generations...God Bless the Philippines! Mabuhay tayong lahat!
# 4:
5:12 am PDT, Aug 13,
Bill Craig, Germany
# 3:
4:42 am PDT, Aug 13,
Ramon Gonzales, United Kingdom
This day let us all remember those who are signing the Petition. If Filipino people are not away from home on holidays may they be able to encounter a time of patriotism and trying to achieve genuine justice through the jury system for the Philippines. God Bless Us!
This day let us all remember those who are signing the Petition. If Filipino people are not away from home on holidays may they be able to encounter a time of patriotism and trying to achieve genuine justice through the jury system for the Philippines. God Bless Us!
# 2:
1:48 am PDT, Aug 13,
Name not displayed, Saudi Arabia
We welcome setting Grand Jury and Trial Jury in the Philippines
We welcome setting Grand Jury and Trial Jury in the Philippines
# 1:
8:06 pm PDT, Aug 12,
Marlowe Camello, California
Let us join hands and efforts to stop government corruption in the Philippines and to prevent oppressions of the poor. Please sign with me this petition.
Let us join hands and efforts to stop government corruption in the Philippines and to prevent oppressions of the poor. Please sign with me this petition.
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