{"id":198816,"date":"2019-01-22T21:21:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T02:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=198816"},"modified":"2019-01-22T21:21:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T02:21:44","slug":"palace-slams-callamard-tweet-on-lowering-criminal-liability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/22\/palace-slams-callamard-tweet-on-lowering-criminal-liability\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace slams Callamard tweet on lowering criminal liability"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Callamard made her remark against HOR\u2019s proposal as she retweeted the UNICEF for reminding that brain function reaches maturity only at around 16 years old. (File Photo<\/a>: Foreign and Commonwealth Office\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday slammed UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings Agnes Callamard for a tweet she made describing the House of Representatives (HOR) bill seeking to lower the criminal liability to nine years old as \u201cshameful\u201d, \u201cdangerous\u201d and \u201cpotentially deadly proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo criticized Callamard for meddling with the country\u2019s affairs saying that she should address her concern to lawmakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe should address that to lawmakers not to us. What is shameful is\u00a0nakikialam siya<\/em>\u00a0(she\u2019s interfering), what is shameful when she intrudes into the sovereignty of this country. She has no business interfering with the affairs of Congress in the first place or with the executive,\u201d Panelo said\u00a0in a chance interview after the regular Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

Callamard made her remark against HOR\u2019s proposal as she retweeted the UNICEF for reminding that brain function reaches maturity only at around 16 years old.<\/p>\n

Panelo said Callamard is not being objective because she has not read the measure, and it seemed like she was only hearing out the opinion of those who opposed the proposal.<\/p>\n

\u201cYan nga problema<\/em>\u00a0(That\u2019s the problem) if you listen to the opposition, to the critics, detractors, they cannot say anything good\u00a0o e di biased ka na agad<\/em>\u00a0(then you\u2019re immediately biased),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not defending Congress. What I\u2019m saying is before you open your mouth, you better know your facts,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo insisted that the measure was meant to \u201cprotect\u201d children from being used by adult criminals to commit crimes on their behalf.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng focus e dun sa mga kontra pero actually napaliwanag ko na<\/em>\u00a0(They are focused on those who oppose it, but I have already explained that) the bill is more for the protection of the children,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the House justice panel approved a bill lowering the age of criminal liability from 15 to nine years old.<\/p>\n

Panelo, meanwhile, said that the President has not yet made comment on what age he would want the bill on criminal liability lowered to.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (the President) has not made any statement on the age requirement. All he has been saying since the campaign is he wants that lowered and we will leave that to the lawmakers,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPalagay ko si Presidente basta huwag yung kinse, basta si Presidente ayaw niya yung 15<\/em>\u00a0(I think the President just wants to lower the age of criminal liability to lower than 15, the President doesn\u2019t want 15),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Duterte called the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act of 2006 (RA 9344), which exempts children 15 years old and below from criminal liability, as \u201ca stupid law\u201d for creating a new generation of criminals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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