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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to “hold the processing” of the case of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez “until all the factual and legal issues have been fully threshed out.” Guevarra himself confirmed this after Senator Bong Go revealed in a television interview that Duterte had ordered Guevarra and Bureau of Corrections director Nicanor Faeldon to refrain from releasing the former mayor, who was convicted of the rape and […]
(Eagle News)–Was the “premature, reckless” announcement of the “impending” release of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Sanchez meant to be “a propaganda blitz to drumbeat support for the death penalty?” This was the question posed by Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, August 24, a day after the Palace clarified Sanchez, who was convicted of the murder and rape of Aileen Sarmenta, and of the murder of her friend Allan Gomez in the 1990, was not […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government believes former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez is not eligible for early release under Republic Act. No. 10592. In backing the stand of the Department of Justice, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año noted that the law, which increases the Good Conduct Time Allowance given to inmates, is “categorical in excluding recidivists, habitual delinquents, escapees, and persons charged with heinous crimes” from its coverage. Año said Sanchez “inarguably […]
Says law excludes recidivists, habitual delinquents, escapees and persons charged with heinous crimes (Eagle News)–Former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez is not eligible for release under the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law. This was the statement of the Palace, amid public outrage over the possibility the former mayor who was convicted of the murder and rape of Aileen Sarmenta and the murder of her friend Allan Gomez in the 1990s, could be released. This was […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Friday, Aug. 23, said it merely “applied a fundamental doctrine in criminal law” when it ruled Republic Act 10592, which increased the Good Conduct Time Allowance given to inmates, should be applied retroactively. The SC issued the statement amid outrage over the possible release of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez following the SC June ruling. Sanchez was convicted of the 1990s rape and murder of Aileen Sarmenta, and of […]
(Eagle News)–The Integrated Bar of the Philippines has urged the Department of Justice to make the basis for and evaluation of prisoners’ good conduct, and the computation of Good Conduct Time Allowances “transparent.” For this, the IBP suggested these be uploaded on the websites of the Department of Justice and of penal institutions. The IBP said informing the “private offended parties” and their families “much earlier” would also be “welcome.” The IBP issued the statement […]
(Eagle News)–Senate President Tito Sotto is seeking a review of Republic Act 10592 that increases the Good Conduct Time Allowance given to inmates. In seeking to amend the law, Sotto, in Resolution No. 107, said there was a need to ensure that the prisoners who “truly deserve” the benefits of the law, which was passed during the time of then-President Noynoy Aquino in 2013, are granted the same. According to Sotto, a provision on the […]
Aims for “remedial legislation” to RA 10592 (Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon is seeking an inquiry into the reported eligibility of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez for an early release from prison. In filing Resolution No. 106, Drilon noted the pronouncement by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra Sanchez and over 10,000 other inmates may be released soon after the Supreme Court ruled in June that RA 10592, which increases the Good Conduct Time Allowance […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Ronald dela Rosa on Thursday, Aug. 22, clarified he himself wants former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez hanged because of his crime. A visibly irked Dela Rosa made the statement during a Senate hearing on the proposal to make ROTC mandatory to select students, after a resource person, Raoul Manuel, President of the National Union of Students of the Philippines, hit him for his statement the former mayor, who was convicted of the […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Bato dela Rosa, former chief of the Bureau of Corrections, on Thursday, Aug. 22, said former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez was a “changed man.” Dela Rosa said while he did not personally speak to the former mayor, this was based on information he received from BuCor personnel. “Mabait na sir, hindi na siga, malumanay na,” Dela Rosa quoted the BuCor personnel as saying. According to Dela Rosa, Sanchez, based on information from […]
(Eagle News)–Bureau of Corrections Director Nicanor Faeldon on Thursday, Aug. 22, urged the public not to assume former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez will be released from jail. In an interview over GMA’s Unang Hirit, Faeldon said the BuCor has yet to compute Sanchez’s good conduct time allowances. Faeldon issued the remark following outrage on social media over what was believed to be the impending release of Sanchez, who was convicted of raping Aileen Sarmenta […]
