Department of Justice(DOJ)

12 March 2019 Dear Mr. Erson Bulosan, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Mar 03, 2019 07:26:38 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for data on the number cases pertaining to criminal unfair labor practices filed before the National Prosecution Service since the enactment of BP No. 70. Response to your request While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office cannot provide the information you have requested. Although citizens are afforded the right to information and, pursuant thereto, are entitled to "access to official records," the Constitution does not accord them a right to compel custodians of official records to prepare lists, abstracts, summaries and the like in their desire to acquire information on matters of public concern. (Valmonte v. Belmonte, G.R. No. 74930 February 13, 1989) This Office has no inventory of criminal unfair labor practice cases filed and resolved. For your reference and to find out more about the Department’s inventoried cases, you can visit this url: https://www.doj.gov.ph/open_data.html Attached herewith, for your reference, are tables providing the DOJ Prosecution Statistics. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the Hon. Menardo I. Guevarra, Secretary of the DOJ. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result thereof within thirty (30) calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker