Question & AnswerQ&A (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1293)
The purpose of Presidential Decree No. 1293 is to create a Katarungan Pambarangay Commission tasked with studying the feasibility of resolving disputes at the barangay level without recourse to the courts, to help relieve court docket congestion and preserve the tradition of amicable settlement at the community level.
The Katarungan Pambarangay Commission was created by President Ferdinand E. Marcos through Presidential Decree No. 1293 on January 27, 1978.
The Commission is composed of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as Chairman, and as members: the Secretary of Justice, Secretary of National Defense, Secretary of Local Government and Community Development, Secretary of Education and Culture, the President of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, and the Director of the U.P. Law Center.
The main duty of the Commission is to study the feasibility of instituting a system for resolving disputes among family and barangay members at the barangay level without judicial intervention.
No, the Chairman and the Members of the Commission shall not receive any additional compensation for their attendance at meetings or for their work in the Commission.
The Commission must submit its report and recommendations to the President of the Philippines or Prime Minister not later than December 31, 1978.
The Commission shall give due consideration to the customs and traditions of the Filipino people in its study and recommendations.
The necessary amounts for the operations of the Commission shall be charged against the unexpended appropriations of the Judiciary.
The amicable settlement of disputes among family and barangay members at the barangay level without judicial intervention is a time-honored tradition in the Philippines that predates the Spanish era.
This Decree took effect immediately upon its signing on January 27, 1978.