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Manila, Philippines - Presidential Spokesperson
Salvador Panelo is blaming
former Justice Secretary and now Senator Leila De Lima and former Interior
Secretary Mar Roxas for the chaotic implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Good Conduct and Time Allowance (GCTA) law, which created confusion in the implementation of the
said law.
“I
understand, doon sa IRR, isinama nila iyong may heinous crimes puwede. Kaya
iyon naman ang sinasabi ng mga nag-process (Bureau of Correction). Kaya nga
nagkaroon ng gulo because of that IRR which was crafted by the previous
administration,” Panelo said.
“Leila de Lima issued and crafted a
reso—implementing rules and regulations together with the DILG Secretary Roxas,
placing those convicted of heinous crimes as covered by Republic Act 10592. I
think that started the whole thing,” he added.
Panelo said in a briefing, de Lima and Roxas
crafted and issued jointly the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) in 2014
or a year after the enactment of GCTA Law to be used by the Bureau of
Corrections as their bible in determining which convicts deserve an early
release.
He said the President asked
him to issue a statement to tell Mrs. Chiong particularly, and the public, the
history of that law, that this problem did not originate under his administration.
Republic
Act 10592, which contains the provisions of GCTA, was introduced in Congress in
2013. Both Houses of Congress passed it and then President Benigno Aquino
signed it into law.
“If they’re saying that why are you not
removing those people who have been doing the wrong computations? The
President’s answer is: ‘I cannot do that because they are covered by the
Security of Tenure. They are—they were employees of the previous Administration
and even prior to that. So, please don’t blame me. Tell that to Mrs. Chiong.”
President Duterte was referring to
the mother of the Chiong sisters from Cebu who were murdered in 1997.
During the Senate hearing, Bureau
of Corrections Chief Nicanor Faledon admitted to the senators that at least
three of the Chiong sisters convicts – Josman Aznar, Ariel Balansag, and
Alberto Caño – have been released under the GCTA program.
Meanwhile, Foreign Affairs
Secretary Teddy Locsin posted on his Twitter, he was so mad at the IRR authors,
he had to curse them out. “Sino ba
ang putangina nag sulat ang hindot na batas ito while sickly old
men and women stay in jail?”
Source: Politiko
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