A group has questioned why President Rodrigo Duterte appears in a hurry to release US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton as he granted absolute pardon to the American soldier. | GabrielLaluINQ
who was supposed to serve 10 years in jail but the controversial GCTA reduced it to just over six years.
Bayan had previously questioned why Pemberton was released using the GCTA rule when it was suspended in 2019 due to anomalies surrounding the implementation of the policy after heinous crime convicts were included in the list of people who may be released via GCTA.Reyes then speculated that Duterte’s absolute pardon of Pemberton was the administration’s way to appease the United States — contradicting Duterte’s insistence on an independent foreign policy.
“The absolute pardon comes months after Duterte reversed his early pronouncement of terminating the VFA. The Philippine president has restored the VFA to please the Americans. He has gone even further by pardoning Pemberton who was the subject of special treatment under the VFA,” Reyes pointed out. “So much for claims of having an independent foreign policy. The US government had its way again on this issue,” he added.
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