Former
Department Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas slams the current administration
over the controversial implementation of the good conduct time allowance (GCTA)
law.
Roxas, who is
now also in the spotlight after the Office of the Ombudsman requested him and the
detained opposition senator Leila de Lima to explain the GCTA Implementing
Rules and Regulations.
The 2016
presidential bet of the Liberal party lashed out on the current administration
when he and de Lima is the one being pointed as the persons to blame in the GCTA
scandal, he says the administration is the one that should be blamed for all
the mess.
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| 2016 presidential bet of the Liberal Party Mar Roxas (photo credit to owner) |
The GCTA law,
makes inmates eligible for early release depending on their behavior in
detention, has been under public scrutiny after ex-mayor and high profile convict Antonio Sanchez, a
convicted rapist-killer, was nearly released under the said law.
As per reports
around 2,000 heinous crime convicts have benefitted under the GCTA law since
2014. Former President Benigno Aquino signed it to be a law in 2013.
Roxas points all the blame to the current
officials of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) saying
they released convicts who should have not been freed.
"Sinong nagpakawala sa
kanila (convicts)? Sinunod ba nila ang batas? Sinunod ba nila ang kanilang
operations manual? Nasaan ang minutes ng proceedings na nag-apruba dito sa
pagpakawala nitong mga kriminal na ito?" Roxas told ANC.
In the same interview,Roxas
explained that the GCTA was for detainees who were not convicted, convicts are
excluded from the law
"The (GCTA) provision in
the implementing rules that's being referred to, refers to detainees. Ito yung
mga napreso pero di pa convicted. They are being detained, while their trial is
being heard. Eh yung dun naman sa BuCor mga convicted ito, ibang category
yun," Roxas said.
"Under the law, hindi
sila kasama sa programa," he added.
He reiterates that he should
not be tagged for all the current mess the GCTA is in.
"Sino ba
ang mga opisyal na nag-apruba sa release nitong mga kriminal na ito? Mga
convicted criminal itong mga ito, ha? So nasa BuCor ito, hindi nasa DILG
(Department of Interior of Local Government).
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