“Collect signatures of 10% of the total number of Filipino registered voters for our petition to enact the NATIONAL JURY LAW (aka National Jury System Act). Three percent (3%) of these signatures must come from each of the current number of Congressional Districts in the country.”
Since there are around 64 million registered voters, we must get 6.4 million signatures. It is inevitable that, for various reasons, COMELEC will disqualify some of our collected signatures. Our best guess is 1 in 5 of them. 7.5 million need to be collected to make up for that.
OUR PETITION
“The Petitioners propose to adopt a National Jury System Act to make the country’s law enforcement efficient, effective and swift. Juries shall be of two types: Grand Jury (GJ) and Trial Jury (TJ). The GJ shall secretly investigate and accuse serious crime offenders directly in court without government permission. It shall consist of 23 members, all college graduates. The TJ shall consist of 12 members, at least 21 years old, of average intelligence, to decide guilt or innocence of the accused; presided, supervised and protected by the judge who shall not participate in discussing or deciding the case with the jury.”
THE METHOD
- Collect 7.5M signatures of registered voters.
- Submit to the COMELEC the completed Signature Sheets for signature authentication and verification of the number of signatures. COMELEC has 30 days to do the above and declare if the required number has been reached.
- The COMELEC shall then set a date for a NATIONAL REFERENDUM, 90 days or less from the date the 7.5M signatures is reached.
- A National Referendum is held to ask the registered voters if they are in favour or not of the Jury System. We are sure that a majority of Filipinos will vote YES.
- The SUPREME COURT implements the petition which majority of the Filipinos voted for.
Using this system, allowed under the Constitution, none of the 3 branches of governments can reject the people’s will.
“Justice begets Peace, peace begets Unity and Prosperity.”