These are presumably releases based on court orders like acquittal, commutation of sentence, pardon and parole.
Dynamic duo Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, along with newly-installed Bureau of Corrections Director General Gerald Bantag, addresses the media during a break at the Senate. Bantag paid courtesy calls to the senators on Wednesday.
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is now finalizing the list of persons deprived of liberty (PDL) who would be released for reasons other than the controversial Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA).
This was announced yesterday Department of Justice (DoJ) Undersecretary Markk Perete said that the Oversight Committee on Corrections has already constituted a panel that will conduct verification of each of the PDL’s case.
“BuCor has a list of PDL to be released, supposedly on the ground that their cases are non-GCTA related,” he said.
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“These are presumably releases based on court orders like acquittal, commutation of sentence, pardon and parole,” Perete added.
He said that while the process of verification is tedious, the DoJ is ensuring that the list will be only include the deserving PDL.
Perete added the BuCor will be releasing the inmates in tranches.
“These are the non-GCTA related cases for immediate release. The same list that the panel is now verifying to ascertain if indeed all cases are unrelated to GCTA,” Perete said.
On the other hand, a task force is currently combing through the prison records and carpetas of those who were earlier qualified in the GCTA — apparently to clean up the list.
So far, the panel has already verified almost a hundred cases.
The GCTA mess cropped up after the botched release of convicted rapist and murderer Antonio Sanchez by virtue of the republic Act 10592 or the GCTA law.
Sanchez is facing nine terms of reclusion perpetua but was supposed to be released.
A total of 1,914 heinous crime convicts were freed under GCTA and were asked to surrender for re-evaluation.
As of 23 September, the DoJ said the BuCor has already taken custody of 2,221 released prisoners or 307 more than those listed.
