Leyte Rep. Vicente Veloso III said House Bill 4628 will amend Republic Act No. 10592, the GCTA law.
The two bills were expected to plug loopholes in the law granting GCTA that nearly resulted in the release from prison of former Calauan mayor Antonio Sanchez, who is serving life sentences for rape and double murder.Under the bill, the maximum GCTA that may be granted a convict will be 20 days for each month of imprisonment after the person denied of liberty has served 11 or more years of the sentence.
“Ang point ko dito is sobra naman masyadong benevolent ang gobyerno . We can be so liberal, maybe, if the state is the offended party, not so for private individuals,” said Veloso, a former Court of Appeals magistrate. “We have reduced the good conduct time allowance but this will not have any bearing on criminals who have been previously convicted because we cannot pass an ex-post facto law,” stated Veloso.
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