Resolution Creating a Special Committee on Financial and Technical Assistance to the Judiciary

August 3, 1999

A.M. No. 99-7-17-SC

RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE JUDICIARY

WHEREAS, various financial or technical assistance to the Judiciary may be available from governmental or non-governmental agencies or instrumentalities through the support of, or in coordination with, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA); and offers of such assistance from the latter have been received by the Court;

WHEREAS, to ensure full attainment of the objectives of such assistance and enjoy optimum advantage of the benefits thereof, appropriate plans and programs should be carefully studied and formulated; and to expedite such study and formulation, it is necessary to create a special committee for the purpose;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Court Resolved, as it hereby Resolves, to create a Special Committee on Financial and Technical Assistance to the Judiciary, composed of the following:

Chairman	:	Hilario G. Davide, Jr.
		Chief Justice
Vice-Chairman	:	Josue N. Bellosillo
		Associate Justice
Members	:	1)	Artemio Panganiban
			Associate Justice
		2)	Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera
			Chancellor, PHILJA
		3)	Mme. Justice Flerida Ruth P. Romero
		4)	Alfredo L. Benipayo
			Court Administrator
		5)	Prof. Myrna Feliciano
			Institute of Judicial Administration
		6)	John Ivan Uy
			Director, MISO
		7)	Jose Midas P. Marquez
			Project Director, SC-UNDP Project
Secretary	:	Atty. Conrad S. Tolentino
		Office of the Chief Justice

 

The Committee, which is authorized to designate a consultant with expertise on the matter, shall submit its report and recommendations not later than 30 September 1999.

This Resolution shall take effect upon its promulgation.

Promulgated this 3rd day of August 1999. SDATEc

Davide, Jr., C.J., Bellosillo, Melo, Puno, Vitug, Kapunan, Mendoza, Panganiban, Quisumbing, Purisima, Pardo, Buena, Gonzaga-Reyes and Ynares-Santiago, JJ., concur.