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| Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddyboy Locsin Jr. (ctto) |
Lawmakers behind the controversial good conduct time
allowance (GCTA) law got criticism from Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro
Locsin Jr.
“Sino ba ang putngina nagsulat ang hind0t na batas ito while
sickly old men and women stay in jail,” Locsin said in a tweet.
The Cabinet member was commenting on Karen Davila’s tweet
saying that only the rich and powerful prisoners benefited the flawed GCTA law.
“Ang malinaw sa Good Conduct Time Allowance or GCTA Law –
mas nakikinabang ang may pera at mayayaman na inmates. Sayang – inabuso ang
batas na sana’y nagbibigay ng pangalawang pagkakataon sa mga tunay na nagbago,”
Davila said on her tweet
The GCTA law also known as Republic Act No. 10592 expanded good
conduct time allowances, allowing shorter prison sentence and early release of
some inmates.
On a report from Philstar, Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus
Rodriguez, one of the congressmen-authors of the GCTA law said that the bill on
expanded GCTA came from senators.
Rodriguez was referring to House Bill 417 and Senate Bill
3064, which were introduced in the 15th Congress and consolidated to become
Republic Act 10592 signed by then President Benigno Aquino III on May 29, 2013.
Former Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and former Interior
Secretary Mar Roxas, crafted and issued the implementing rules and regulations
(IRR) of RA 10592 allegedly, included inmates convicted of heinous crimes as
qualified to avail the benefits of the law, according to Politiko report.
Meanwhile, in her statement, De Lima defended the GCTA law
against misapplication and misinterpretation to favor certain convicts.
She said, her colleagues in Congress should not blame the
enactment of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 10592 or the Expanded GCTA Law, but
determine whether its IRR have been followed.
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