As the Filipino saying goes, only carabao’s grows
old.
Former Senate President Juna Ponce Enrile, woke up
from retirement and made known again that he is still a legal luminaire in his
own right.
Shedding a light in the Republic Act 10592 or the Good Conduct Time
Allowance (GCTA) Law,
whixh he said is actually a good law, what went wrong is when irregularities
were inserted in the Implementing Rules and Regulation drafted by former secretary of Justice Leila de
Lima and then Interior secretary Mar Roxas as the real culprits for the can of
worms opened at the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).
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| Roxas and De Lima (photo credit to owner) |
Enrile clearly knows what he talking about, because he was the Senate President when said law enacted. He says that Ra 10592is clear and needs no amendment.
Section 1 of that law, he
says, explicitly excluded, among others, heinous crimes, as within the coverage
of that good conduct allowance.
“I understand what
happened was the IRR, instead of respecting Section 1 of the amendatory law,
included heinous crimes that was excluded from the law,” he said, pointing out
that De Lima and Roxas should be disqualified forever for holding any public
office.
“Nobody can change, not
even the President, the law of Congress,” he emphasized.
Enrile said, De Lima who is a lawyer
should have known better, The IRR, we understand, is all about how to implement
the law, not violate it. In the case of the GCTA, De Lima and Roxas must have
gone beyond the line.
Basic is the rule that nothing can
change the law unless Congress acts to change it. But De Lima and Roxas did“They
have no right to that. They do not deserve their positions,” Enrile said
Enrile2 says former BuCor chief Nicanor
Faeldon, as implementor of the law, was only being guided by the IRR.
“He is not a lawyer. The
ones that should be made responsible are those people that made the IRR,” said
Enrile, referring toDe Lima and Roxas.
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