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Create special courts
for maritime cases
Following the tragic sinking of
Sulpicio Line’s Princess of the
Stars, the call of Senate Majority
Leader and Independent Senator
Kiko Pangilinan for the creation
of special courts that will hear
maritime cases, has come very
timely and our congress better
learn their latest hard lesson before
the advent of more sea disasters
God forbid.
It is undisputed that “The Philippine’s
record of maritime disasters is deplorable,
and unscrupulous shipping companies
get away from their liabilities because
of the slow dispensation of justice.
We need to look into creating special
courts that will focus on maritime cases
to address this problem very swiftly.”
At the rate maritime cases are heard,
we can clearly see that justice has not
been done to thousands of victims because
of the slow grind of justice, and that shipping
companies never learn their hard
lessons of emphasizing sea worthiness of
their vessels because none of their shipping
companies have been jailed or punished
enough for their massive homicidal
negligence during sea disasters no matester what the reason.
In the interest of the effective administration
of justice and expeditious disposition
of cases involving maritime disasters,
Senator Kiko is right in suggesting
that certain branches of Regional
Trial Courts in cities may be specially
designated by the Supreme Court to try
and decide cases involving maritime accidents
such as but not limited to sinking
vessels, collisions, allusions and fire,
whenever such accidents result in loss of
lives, injuries and/or destruction or damage
to property.”
“The reason why these man-made disasters
keep on happening is because the
prosecution and conviction of erring shipping
companies take too long, if they happen
at all. We need to expedite these processes
if we are to promote vigilance and
efficiency in the shipping industry and
instill fear for the rule of law.”
Truly enough, the beginning of the end
of these senseless sea tragedies is in punishing
the guilty as severely as possible,
like life imprisonment for every dead victim
of sea disasters.
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