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THE Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to make history next month by signing a document allowing the agency to make its own rules on preliminary investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a news forum on Saturday, DOJ Assistant Secretary Mico Clavano said the signing of the document is set on July 4 during the agency\u2019s Town Hall forum in Dasmari\u00f1as Arena, Cavite.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe will be signing a very historical document. Under the rules of court, Rule 112 pertains to preliminary investigation. That is under the Supreme Court Rules of Court,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The current rules on preliminary investigation are contained in Rule 112 of the Rules of Court, which was crafted by the Supreme Court.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Clavano said judges have no role in Rule 112. Thus, the DOJ is assuming that role by making its own rules on preliminary investigation, he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSo, ang titingnan na po ng mga abogado, ang titingnan po ng mga practitioner at kung sinuman ang dadaan po sa proseso ay hindi na po iyong rules of court kasi mawawala na po doon ang Rule 112,\u201d Clavano explained.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMapupunta na po sa DOJ under its own rules for preliminary investigation,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSo, malaking bagay po iyon dahil mawawala na po iyong rule na iyon sa Supreme Court. From one branch of government, mapupunta na po sa executive branch.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The DOJ\u2019s town hall forum will also discuss the conviction rate in the country. He said the conviction rate in the Philippines is making progress.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIf I\u2019m not mistaken, 14 to 15 percent ang iniangat sa conviction rate po natin,\u201d Clavano said. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to make history next month by signing a document allowing the agency to make its own rules on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6874,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6872\/revisions\/6874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}