DAVAO CITY — The former presiding judge of Regional Trial Court Branch 9 and presently convenor of the Transformative Justice Institute Atty. Adoracion Avisado had said that the Juvenile Justice Act is a good law but has aspects that need to be looked into.
The intention of the law is very good, Avisado said. But the lady lawyer said that the big problem of the law is with the budget or lack of it, a problem which has drawn flak from the laws critics.
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