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The Philippine Senate has passed a bill granting free legal assistance to military and uniformed personnel (MUP). The measure aims to protect MUPs from 'harassment suits' and legal challenges arising from their duties, allowing them to focus on serving the public.

The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill granting free legal assistance to military and uniformed personnel , saying it will allow them to continue discharging their critical duties and serve the people without being derailed by “harassment suits” and legal challenges.

Thanking his peers after passage of SB 2814, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada noted that the measure is another priority measure in the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council agenda, and had been a priority of the Armed Forces of the Philippines since the 18th Congress. The bill provides legal assistance “exclusively” for cases that MUPs face in connection with the discharge of their official functions and duties. “Unfortunately,” he stressed, such faithful discharge of duty occasionally exposes them to “harassment suits” that cause them demoralization and anxiety, distracting them from their vital work.

With passage of the measure, Estrada said the MUPs are expected to be “more relentless to go after” wrongdoers. Sen. Bong Go, principal sponsor of SB 2814, also thanked his peers for the third-reading approval, saying that MUPs who face “countless risks in line of duty, often in life-threatening environments..providing assistance during times of calamity…must not be left to fend for themselves.”Butch Fernandez is BusinessMirror’s senior political reporter based at the Senate. He has covered Malacañang , the Office of the Vice President, the Senate, local governments and defense since 1984.

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