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Former Senator Antonio
Trillanes IV hits Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa for authorizing the early release of around 120 heinous crime
convicts under the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law during his term as
chief of Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).
Hence, Trillanes said the anti-drug
campaign of Duterte administration was all “fake” with the recent reports that some released heinous crimes convicts were drug related cases.
“Pagkatapos ‘yung suspected drug users na
mahihirap pinagpapatay n’yo. Peke talaga itong drug war ninyo,” Trillanes said in his Facebook post.
In an earlier report, Sen.
Dela Rosa admitted that he signed the release order of more or less 120 heinous
crime convicts for good conduct during his tenure as BuCor chief.
Bato told over radio station DZMM, that he signed these applications for GCTA, in which shortens a convict’s prison time based on good conduct.
"Puro 'yun
heinous crimes. Lahat yun, under heinous crimes," said the Senator,
who headed the Bureau of Corrections from April 2018 to October 2018.
The lawmaker was also asked if he had tried to stop the
release because of the gravity of the offenses committed by the convicts, "Ano magawa ko? Sinasabi ng batas na
kailangan sila makalabas." Bato replied.
Republic Act 10592, which contains the provision on the
GCTA was passed in 2013 under President
Noynoy Aquino’s term, for the purpose of giving a second chance to reformed
convicts and decongesting prisons.
Since then, around 1,900 prisoners convicted of heinous
crimes were granted early release under GCTA, according to previous reports.
BuCor’s data shows, most of those released, 797
convicts were murderers, 758 were rapists, 274 committed robberies with violence
or intimidation, 48 were drug convicts, 29 committed parricides, 5 were
convicted of kidnapping with illegal detention, and 3 committed destructive
arson.
Source: Politiko
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