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FALSE: PNoy responsible for Sanchez"s possible release due to RA 10592 @ 2019-08-30T12: Back Hot News
Keyword:due to good conduct law convicts released heinous crime convicts
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DATA RELEASED BY THE BUREAU REVEALED THAT A TOTAL OF 22,049 PRISONERS WERE GIVEN FREEDOM THROUGH THE GOOD CONDUCT TIME ALLOWANCE (GCTA), A PROVISION IN THE REVISED PENAL CODE WHICH SHORTENS JAIL TIME FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR. OF THE NUMBER, 1,914 INDIVIDUALS COMMITTED HEINOUS CRIMES.
IN HIS RESOLUTION, GARBIN SAYS THAT THE LAW 「IS A GOOD LAW」 BUT THAT 「THERE IS A NEED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CRITERION USED IN THE IMPLEMENTING RULES OF THE LAW IS CONSISTENT WITH THE VERY LAW IT SEEKS TO IMPLEMENT.」 – WITH REPORTS FROM LIAN BUAN/RAPPLER.COM
"TAKE NOTE ON THE ISSUE ON THE ELIGIBILITY (OF PRISONERS) UNDER THE 2013 LAW THAT THE EXPANDED GCTA. DI MAGBE-BENEFIT FROM THAT LAW ANG CERTAIN PERSONS. THESE ARE RECIDIVISTS, HABITUAL DELINQUENTS, ESCAPEES AND PERSON CHARGED OF HEINOUS CRIME. NOT COVERED BY THAT LAW. DUN PA LANG, MAY PROCESS OF ELIMINATION, (ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE 2013 LAW ON EXPANDED GCTA DEFINES WHO ARE COVERED AND SAID THAT AMONG THOSE WHO CANNOT BENEFIT FROM THAT LAW ARE CERTAIN PERSONS, SUCH AS RECIDIVISTS, HABITUAL DELINQUENTS, AND PERSONS CHARGED OF HEINOUS CRIMES. THAT IS A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION)," GUEVARRA EXPLAINED.
THE LONGER GOOD CONDUCT TIME ALLOWANCE FOR CONVICTS, WHICH CONVICTED RAPIST-MURDERER ANTONIO SANCHEZ WANTS TO AVAIL HIMSELF...
ZUBIRI ON MONDAY SAID HE WILL FILE A BILL TO AMEND THE LAW AND “MAKE IT SPECIFIC THAT CONVICTS OF HEINOUS CRIMES ESPECIALLY THOSE SUCH AS MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING, KIDNAP-FOR-RANSOM AND OTHER HIGHLY DANGEROUS CRIMINALS CANNOT AVAIL OF THE PROGRAM, PERIOD.”
THE SC RULING THAT MADE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10592 OR THE GCTA LAW RETROACTIVE OR APPLICABLE TO CONVICTS SENTENCED PRIOR TO ITS 2013 ENACTMENT, WILL LEAD TO THE MASS RELEASE OF AROUND 11,000 NATIONAL BILIBID PRISON INMATES, ACCORDING TO BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS (BUCOR) DIRECTOR NICANOR FAELDON.
SHE TOLD THE TIMES: 「PANELO, FAELDON AND BATO SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND FOR INTENTIONALLY TWISTING THE INTERPRETATION OF RA (REPUBLIC ACT) 10592 DESPITE THE FACT THAT SANCHEZ IS DISQUALIFIED UNDER THE LAW TO BE GIVEN GOOD CONDUCT TIME ALLOWANCE BECAUSE HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF HEINOUS CRIMES…. FAELDON IS MAKING A MOCKERY OF VIOLATING RA 10592.」
DATA FROM THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS RELEASED YESTERDAY SHOWED THAT SINCE 2013, 1,914 OUT OF THE 22,049 INMATES RELEASED FOR GOOD CONDUCT WERE CONVICTED OF HEINOUS CRIMES.
“WE INTEND TO GO BACK TO WORK TOMORROW (TUESDAY) ARMED WITH POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THAT GOOD CONDUCT LAW BY MAKING IT SPECIFIC THAT CONVICTS OF HEINOUS CRIMES ESPECIALLY THOSE SUCH AS MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING, KIDNAP-FOR-RANSOM AND OTHER HIGHLY DANGEROUS CRIMINALS CANNOT AVAIL OF THE PROGRAM, PERIOD,” ZUBIRI TOLD REPORTERS IN A TEXT MESSAGE.
PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN SALVADOR S. PANELO ON FRIDAY SAID THE EX-MAYOR WAS INELIGIBLE FOR AN EARLY RELEASE BECAUSE HE COMMITTED A HEINOUS CRIME. THE SPOKESMAN, WHO WAS THE EX-MAYOR』S LAWYER IN THE 1993 RAPE-SLAY CASE, EARLIER DENIED THAT HE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS PLANNED RELEASE.
"I CATEGORICALLY STATED THAT BY EXPRESS PROVISION OF THE LAW, MR. SANCHEZ AND THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED, MEANING INMATES CHARGED AND CONVICTED OF HEINOUS CRIMES, AS WELL AS THOSE RECIDIVISTS, HABITUAL DELINQUENTS, AND ESCAPEES, ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE COVERAGE OF THE LAW," PANELO SAID.
MANILA - MINORITY SEN. FRANKLIN DRILON ON TUESDAY WARNED AGAINST AMENDING A LAW THAT INCREASED THE “GOOD CONDUCT TIME ALLOWANCE” FOR CONVICTS, SAYING THIS MIGHT BE EXPLOITED BY RAPIST-KILLER ANTONIO SANCHEZ TO WALK FREE EARLIER THAN WHAT HIS PRISON SENTENCE DICTATES.
「HE RELAYED TO BUCOR CHIEF FAELDON AND SECRETARY GUEVARRA THAT HE [SANCHEZ] CANNOT BE RELEASED BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS STUDYING THE LAW AND IT IS STATED UNDER REPUBLIC 10592 [OR THE GOOD CONDUCT TIME ALLOWANCE LAW] THAT [THOSE WHO ARE CONVICTED FOR] HEINOUS CRIMES ARE EXCLUDED FROM IT,」 GO TOLD REPORTERS ON THE SIDELINES OF THE NATIONAL HEROES』 DAY CELEBRATION AT LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI.
THIS IS VERY WRONG. FILIPINOS MUST NOT ALLOW THIS. AREN’T THERE ANY OTHER WAYS TO REWARD GOOD CONDUCT & GOOD BEHAVIOR FOR PRISONERS THAN LETTING THEM OUT? WHAT IF I BOMBED ONE OF THE BIGGEST HOTELS IN MANILA, AND KILLED HUNDREDS? ONCE IMPRISONED I PRETEND TO BE NICE AND PURSUE THIS SC RULING, WOULD THEY LET ME OUT? AND I’M JUST A POOR GUY.
THUS, WE ENCOURAGE MEDIA OUTLETS, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC, TO FOCUS INSTEAD ON HOW THE LAW — INCLUDING ITS PROVISIONS FOR GOOD CONDUCT TIME ALLOWANCE (GCTA), TIME ALLOWANCE FOR STUDYING, TEACHING AND MENTORING (TASTM) AND SPECIAL TIME ALLOWANCE FOR LOYALTY (STAL), AND SUSPENSION OF CREDITS IN CASE OF BAD CONDUCT — WILL BE FAIRLY IMPLEMENTED. INDEED, IF OUR GOAL IS TO PREVENT POLITICALLY INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE LIKE SANCHEZ FROM ABUSING THE LAW, THEN WE SHOULD INTERROGATE THEIR SPECIFIC RECORDS AND SEE HOW THEY MEASURE UP TO ITS STANDARDS — BUT NOT INVALIDATE THE LAW ITSELF.
22,049 CONVICTS RELEASED UNDER GCTA

 

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