Draft amnesty IRR program being finalized
OPAPRU Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said they are working double time to hasten the crafting of the needed amnesty documents.
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OPAPRU Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said they are working double time to hasten the crafting of the needed amnesty documents.
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process said members of the National Amnesty Commission are now finalizing the draft Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Amnesty Program for former rebels in the country.
OPAPRU Executive Director Wilben Mayor said they are targeting completion of the legal documents needed, particularly the IRR as they only have two months before the submission deadline.
The National Amnesty Commission is primarily tasked to receive and process applications for amnesty that were filed through the Local Amnesty Board.
These applications for amnesty cover Proclamation 1090, 1091 and 1092 —which were issued by former President Rodrigo Duterte last year, and were concurred with by Congress and the Senate.
These proclamations grant amnesty to members of revolutionary groups who committed crimes in furtherance of their political beliefs which include Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Moro National Liberation Front, and Rebolusyunaryong Partido ng Manggagawa ng Pilipinas, Revolutionary Proletarian Army and Alex Boncayao Brigade.
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However, OPAPRU said the Senate did not concur with Proclamation 1093 series of 2021, granting amnesty to former members of the communist Terrorist Group that have committed crimes punishable under the revised penal code and special penal laws in the furtherance of their political beliefs.
Lawyer Nasser Marohomsalic, one of the NAC Commissioners, said the whole structure as an organization was already established but was yet to launch its operations.
"This is just a part of the mechanism of promoting peace, this is the first step (in granting amnesty). That is why this is very important," he said.
OPAPRU Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said they are working double time to hasten the crafting of the needed amnesty documents.
Galvez said they sought President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s signature before the Senate takes a holiday break this year.
"What we do right now is we are currently fast-tracking these documents because we believe that amnesty will bring back political and civil liberty and rights to the former combatants. I myself can attest to that," Galvez said, recalling the day he was granted amnesty during the time of former President Fidel Ramos.
"Had I not been given that pardon, I wouldn't be where I am now — in a much better place, helping the nation in the peace process. That is the same thing we want to see in our brothers and sisters," he added.
About 50,000 former MILF and MNLF combatants have applied for amnesty.
