Manila, Dec. 12 -- The Supreme Court's (SC) decision to assign sign language interpreters in all courts is "a major step toward inclusive justice," Senator Francis Pangilinan said on Friday.

"This is a historic and overdue step to ensure that access to justice does not depend on one's physical abilities," Pangilinan said as quoted in a news release.

He said the SC's recent order to all courts to appoint accredited interpreters in the judiciary was a "long-overdue" step that will affirm every Filipino's equal and dignified access to the judicial process.

"Finally, nadinig na rin ang hinaing ng ating mga kababayan na may problema sa pandinig. Karapatan ng bawat Pilipino - kasama na ang mga kababayan natin na may pisikal na problema - ang...