Ill motives or retaliatory moves on the part of Congress will have no room when it begins hearing today measures seeking to scrap the Judiciary Development Fund (JDF).

The assurance was given on Monday by Niel Tupas of Iloilo, House justice committee chairman; Rodolfo Fariñas of Ilocos Norte, committee vice chairman; Rodel Batocabe of Ako Bicol party-list; and Reynaldo Umali of Oriental Mindoro in light of insistence by the Supreme Court (SC) that the JDF is not a discretionary fund even if its disbursement depends on the Chief Justice alone.

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