(NI DANG SAMSON-GARCIA)

NAGBABALA si Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri na wala nang tetestigo laban sa mga sangkot sa heinous crimes tulad ng pagpatay, drug trafficking, kidnap for ransom at iba pang karumal-dumal na krimen kung hindi mababago ang Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) Law.

Ipinaliwanag ni Zubiri na kung hahayaang maagang makalaya ang isang preso na convicted sa heinous crime dahil sa pagbabait-baitan sa kulungan ay magkakaroon na ito ng pagkakataon na makaganti sa mga tumestigo laban sa kanya.

At kung mangyayari ito, tiyak na matatakot na ang iba na tumestigo pa.

“All a dangerous criminal has to do is to pretend to be very nice for a decade and then applies for the program and he is released from his predicament only to get back at those who filed and testified against him. Everyone now will be afraid to testify and go against criminals of heinous crimes,” saad ni Zubiri.

Dahil dito, dapat anyang amyendahan ang batas at ideklarang hindi kasama ang mga convicted sa heinous crimees.

“We intend to go back to work armed with possible amendments to that Good Conduct Law by making it specific that convicts of heinous crimes especially those such as murder, drug trafficking, kidnap for ransom and other highly dangerous criminals cannot avail of the program. Period,” diin ni Zubiri.

“By the way, i was no longer Senator when that law passed in 2013. I did not and would have not voted in favor of a law that favored criminals over their victims,” paglilinaw pa ng senador.

Naniniwala naman si Senador Panfilo “Ping” Lacson na isang halimbawa si dating Calauan mayor Antonio Sanchez ng kamalian ng penitentiary system.

“Sanchez is just a representation of everything that is bad and wrong with our penitentiary system. His luxurious, high living standard while serving time easily reminds us of the “kubol” bungalows of the drug lord convicts which authorities said they already dismantled. It appears that nothing has changed. The different  money-making rackets remain and probably have gone worse,” giit ni Lacson.