VP Leni Robredo on Tuesday revolted against the,proposition to further lower the time of criminal obligation from 15 years of age to nine.
Robredo said she finds that the,present set-up in the law is sufficient.
"Ako, kontra ako doon," she told journalists. "Isa ako doon sa mga sumulong ng Juvenile Justice Law and I think 'yung criminal,obligation under the law is adequate."
She included: "Kokontra ako kapag merong moves na babaan ito."
The Vice President made the comments the,day after the opening of the seventeenth Congress, after new House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez approached,the entry of three top need measures including the bringing down,of age for criminal obligation.
Alvarez, alongside Capiz Rep. Fredenil Castro, documented House Bill 002, which looks to bring back the base period of criminal obligation to nine years of age, as an obstruction to the utilization of youth in carrying out wrongdoings.
Robredo said she finds that the,present set-up in the law is sufficient.
"Ako, kontra ako doon," she told journalists. "Isa ako doon sa mga sumulong ng Juvenile Justice Law and I think 'yung criminal,obligation under the law is adequate."
She included: "Kokontra ako kapag merong moves na babaan ito."
The Vice President made the comments the,day after the opening of the seventeenth Congress, after new House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez approached,the entry of three top need measures including the bringing down,of age for criminal obligation.
Alvarez, alongside Capiz Rep. Fredenil Castro, documented House Bill 002, which looks to bring back the base period of criminal obligation to nine years of age, as an obstruction to the utilization of youth in carrying out wrongdoings.
The legislators trust kids this age and up are "as of now completely educated" given their entrance to data through innovation.
The Vice President said the measure is,disturbing, particularly when combined with the conceivable return of capital punishment—something that President Rodrigo Duterte is upholding.
The Vice President said the measure is,disturbing, particularly when combined with the conceivable return of capital punishment—something that President Rodrigo Duterte is upholding.
"Nakakatakot 'yung sitwasyon, na halimbawa ibalik 'yung capital punishment, tapos i-lower dad 'yung period of criminal risk. Nakakatakot na meron tayong mga bata na ise-sentence to death," she said.
Robredo contemplated that the age as of now set for criminal obligation was pondered on altogether.
"Pinag-isipan ito nang matagal. Hindi naman ito something na ipinili lang natin haphazardly out of the numbers. Maraming dahilan kung bakit ito 'yung period of criminal risk," she said.
Robredo is additionally staunchly against the proposed return of capital punishment, and said she supposes it's "something that the organization will regard."
source: gmanetwork
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