The Republic Act 10592 or the Good Conduct Time
Allowance (GCTA) law signed by former President Benigno “Simeon” Aquino III is
now being considered to be scrapped.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III, and Senators
Panfilo Lacson and Richard Gordon have made their intentions known by filing a
bill that would repeal the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law.
The three senators filed Senate Bill 993 on
Monday proposing to scrap the law that shaves off jail time of prisoners due to
good behavior amid public outcry over the possible release of former Calauan,
Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez due to the law’s implementation.
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“This has created public outrage and
prompted this august body to look into the propriety of its application to the
aforesaid prisoner, as well as the implementation of RA 10592 in general,” the
senators said in their explanatory note.
The senators noted the absurd
interpretation of the law and unharmonized provisions that have been subject to
abuse by the persons allowed by law to grant time allowances.
The Senators
argue that that there is “logical reason” to abandon the grant of GCTA if the
magnitudes of its aftermath are prejudicial for many of the victims and their
relatives who are seeking justice.
“The provision on GCTA has been in
effect since the 1930s and it has not raised this kind of concern from the
people and the government. Thus, it is an opportune time to go back to the old
law where no question of proper implementation has been put forth to the
government and prisoners are enjoying its benefits without a question of the
propriety of its applicability on them,” they said.
“The law is always changing. It is
usually reactive to what the society dictates and it constantly reflects
changes that occur in our society because the law is simply never perfect,”
they added.
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