The House Committee on Justice is flexing its muscles to ensure the passage of a bill seeking to amend Republic Act 10592 or the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) Law, before Congress adjourns sessions for the month-long Christmas break.
Leyte Rep. Vicente “Ching” Veloso, panel chairman, expressed hope that the amendments to the GCTA Law will be passed, before Congress officially adjourns on December 21.The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology earlier endorsed House Bill 4628, principally authored by Veloso as “working draft for simplicity and brevity.”
“Now it is basic that jurisdiction, once acquired, it has to be exercised until the final dertemination of the case, when a criminal case is finally terminated, if the sentence of the convict is fully served. So GCTA being integral part of that should be within the jurisdiction of the court. It is only the court can order the release, not the BuCor chief, not the DOJ Secretary, it should only be the court which has jurdicition over the case,” Veloso pointed out.
“The set up is different, the reality is different on the ground. Those who we were convicted of heinous crimes, they are the ones who benefitted from our jails, they were even allowed to have their own quarters,” he said. HB 4628 provides that during the first two years of imprisonment, the convict shall be allowed a deduction of five days for each month of good behavior during detention.
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