Cebuano ex-convict surrenderers want to prove they are deserving of GCTA

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For the 70-year-old ex-convict Virgilio Banzon Buntan, the freedom given to him after 22 years in prison was a miracle. CDNTopStories Read more:

Virgilio Buntan who was released under the good conduct time allowance surrendered to Consolacion police past noon on Saturday, September 7, 2019. | Photo by ALVEN MARIE TIMTIM / CDN Digital

But a month short before his freedom turned into a year, Buntan was informed by his sister that he must present himself to the police station as President Rodrigo Duterte have announced that all of those convicts granted the GCTA and were released from prison should surrender within 15 days.Buntan, who has since settled in a small farm in Sitio Libo, Barangay Tayud, Consolacion, Cebu, immediately visited the Consolacion Municipal Police Station at noon on Saturday, September 7.

Conrado Cortes, 64, and Danilo Dela Victoria, 47, surrender to police after they learned of President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement for crime convicts released due to the Good Conduct Time Allowance law to submit to authorities within 15 days. | Alven Marie TimtimWhen he was inside the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City, Buntan said he never complained about prison life as he was no longer expecting that a day would come that he would be set free.

Buntan knew that being an ex-convict and a senior citizen would mean that a job opportunity was limited to none. Now that he is detained again, Buntuan said he is ready to face and provide the record needed to prove that he deserved his freedom.Buntan was the fifth Cebuano convict who surrendered to police authorities in Cebu City and Cebu Province.The others were Jesus Negro Jr. , 50; Condrado Cortes, 64; Danila Dela Victoria, 50; Alejandro Arquillano, 56.

 

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