"This is to ensure that the families of our prosecutors will be taken care of when unfortunate incidents befall them," Senator Richard Gordon said in the bill s explanatory note.
Senator Richard Gordon has filed a bill seeking to grant a lump sum of up to 10 years’ worth of gratuity benefits to the families of National Prosecution Service members who are killed, his office said in a statement.
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Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (File photo) MANILA - Senator Sherwin Gatchalian lauded the signing into law of the bill granting survivorship benefits to the legitimate spouse and dependent children of the members of the National Prosecution Service (NPS) saying that the modest entitlement is long overdue especially to those who have dedicated their lives to be instruments in the dispensation of justice in the country. "Hindi kailanman matutumbasan ng monetary compensation ang dedikasyon at serbisyo ng public prosecutors ngunit nararapat lamang na bigyan natin ng pagpapahalaga ang mga nagbuwis ng kanilang buhay para sa serbisyo publiko. Marami sa kanila ay inatasan na humawak ng mabibigat na kaso laban sa mga makapangyarihang tao (Monetary compensation can never indemnify the dedication and service of public prosecutors but we should only give appreciation to those who laid down their lives for public service. Many of them were assigned to handle high profile cases of powerful people)