EN BANC

A.M. No. 05-2-08-SC

REQUEST FOR A POLICY DECISION REGARDING THE USE OF “FILIPINO” IN OUR COURTS OF JUSTICE

Sirs/Mesdames:

Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this Court dated MAR 29 2005.

Pending the filing of the report and recommendation of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the Court Resolved to NOTE THE letter dated 2 March 2005 of Chief Public Attorney Persida V. Rueda-Acosta relative to the letter dated 2 March 2005 of Judge Cezar C. Peralejo, Sr. (ret.), appealing for a policy decision to authorize the use of “Filipino” in our courts of justice without eliminating English as the official language of the courts.”  (111)

Very truly yours,

LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO

Clerk of Court

By:

(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA

Assistant Clerk of Court