Court workers stage protest to keep JDF

Court employees in Metro Manila and in the provinces wore black and red shirts on Monday to protest against the “attacks” by President Benigno Aquino 3rd on the Supreme Court after it struck down the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) for being unconstitutional.

The Judiciary Employees Association (Judea) also denounced moves to abolish the Judiciary Development Fund (JDF), which some lawmakers called was the judiciary’s “pork barrel.”