Just Sign The Contract With Boysen, Antonio Sanchez!

The Philippine Daily Inquirer has CONFIRMED that President Rodrigo R. Duterte has spoken that there will be NO FREEDOM for convicted murderer-rapist. Senator Bato Dela Rosa and Vice President Leni Loud Robredo may want to take their words back. Senator Dela Rosa has the high probability chance that he's wrong about Sanchez being a "changed man". Hmmm... funny that Vice President Leni Loud hasn't spoken about giving Sanchez a chance after she said that criminals should be given a second chance in life.

The Revised Penal Code that was signed by Noynoy Aquino even didn't save him because of provisions against heinous crimes. Now here's what Rappler has to say regarding the penal code and its interpretation by the Department of Justice:

First let's dissect Republic Act 10592 or the good conduct time allowance law.

We begin with Section 1 of RA 10592 which tackles who is eligible for credit of preventive imprisonment, the pre-conviction jail time of a person over a non-bailable offense. It lays out the guideline on how a preventive imprisonment period can be deducted from a jail time.

Section 1 mentioned that "recidivists, habitual delinquents, escapees and persons charged with heinous crimes are excluded from the coverage of this Act."

Law professor and former Supreme Court spokesperson Ted Te pointed out that the provision is only concerned with preventive imprisonment and not good conduct time allowance.

"The limitations as to multiple offenses and recidivism and commission of heinous offenses apply only to Article 29 (preventive imprisonment), not to Article 97 (GCTA)," Te said.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has a different view.

Guevarra brings attention to Section 3, which provides the computation guidelines for good conduct time allowance.

Section 3 says: "The good conduct of any offender qualified for credit for preventive imprisonment (emphasis ours) pursuant to Article 29 of this Code, or of any convicted prisoner in any penal institution, rehabilitation or detention center or any other local jail shall entitle him to the following deductions from the period of his sentence."

"Kung hindi covered or qualified for credit for preventive imprisonment under Section 1, not qualified also for good conduct time allowances (recidivists, etc)," Guevarra said.

(If you were not covered or qualified for credit for preventive imprisonment under Section 1, you are also not qualified for good conduct time allowances (recidivists, etc.)," Guevarra said.

But Section 3 has two different classes of people, the second being "any convicted prisoner in any penal institution, rehabilitation or detention center or any other local jail." Can Sanchez fall under the second class?

Guevarra said: "No, although the mayor falls under the general class, he is disqualified by implication under the specific class. Statutory construction."

President Duterte's decision that there will be no freedom for Sanchez is consistent with the Revised Penal Code that was signed by Noynoy himself. Sanchez can just sign to renew his contract with Boysen because he deserves to stay in jail for a lifetime. Facts straight - the Penal Code signed by Noynoy disqualfies Sanchez as Gueverra had stated. Hmmm... maybe we can have a special arrangement that may put Antonio Trillanes IV as his cell mate next.

Though I really think he should have been sentenced to the death penalty when it was still available back in the 1990s. He should have been the first person to executed by lethal injection under Joseph Estrada's regime to send a powerful message that nobody is above the law. So why wasn't he executed instead? It's a waste of government money to still keep this crook alive.