Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said that he is ready to attend the Senate and House of Representatives hearings on the supposed release of convicted felons due to the GCTA law. | DJEsguerraINQ
Among the high profile inmates the congressional probes were looking into was convicted rapist and murderer former Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez, who is Panelo’s former client.Panelo was among Sanchez’s lawyers in the 1993 rape-slay of UP Los Baños student Eileen Sarmenta, and the murder of her friend, Allan Gomez.
Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite earlier said the Palace official should also attend the hearings after it was revealed that Panelo referred to the Bureau of Pardons and Parole Sanchez’s application for executive clemency.“Of course, of course,” Panelo briefly said in an interview over dzMM when asked if he’s open to attend the inquiry.
BPP dismissed in December 2018 Sanchez’s petition for executive clemency. It upheld the dismissal of Sanchez’s appeal in a decision dated February 27, a day after Panelo wrote to the bureau. But Panelo clarified that he does not intervene on Sanchez’s application for early release and only referred the letter to BPP.
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