MANILA, Aug. 30 (PNA) — Malacanang clarified on Saturday that the Supreme Court did not make requests to fund its e-courts in 2014 and 2015 so the budget department wasn’t able allocate money for the project.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said this week that the executive department did not give Supreme Court the budget for e-courts. She also raised the issue on the smaller allocation for the SC.
But in an interview over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan on Saturday, Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the SC did not submit funding request for the e-courts for 2014 and 2015.
“Ang meron po tayong datos ay ‘yung sinuportahan po natin ang Supreme Court doon sa kanilang naging hiling na pag-implement ng information technology project nila o ‘yung EISP (Enterprise Information Systems Plan),” she said.
The EISP aims to digitize Supreme Court processes to speed up litigation of cases, according to Valte.
A five-year program, the EISP is to be implemented from 2010 to 2015 with a total project cost of P774.6 million, she said.
“‘Ito ang sinuportahan ng administrasyon, at kung ano ang ni-request nilang funding for that, naibigay naman po,” she said.
Chief Justice Sereno met with members of media on Thursday to discuss several issues such as the Disbursement Acceleration Program, the Judiciary Development Fund, her relation to President Aquino and many other issues. (PNA)