TIMELINE: The bid to release low-risk, sick, elderly prisoners in PH

Time is running out as the government decides whether or not to release eligible persons deprived of liberty, given the pandemic.

calls to temporarily release detainees with light offenses because, according to him, they are safer inside.the temporary release on bail of low-risk offenders, sick, and elderly prisoners as the country fights the coronavirus pandemic.

The document is signed by justice committee chairperson Vicente Veloso and sent to the peace and order cluster of the overall House defeat COVID-19 committee, the Supreme Court, Department of Justice , and the Department of the Interior and Local Government the Supreme Court to release them on humanitarian grounds in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

The petitioners invoke the Supreme Court decision that granted bail to former senator Juan Ponce Enrile on the basis of his health and old age. The petition says the political prisoners are also"elderly, sickly, and with medical conditions" that require continuous monitoring and treatment.the temporary release of eligible PDLs to decongest jails, given the pandemic, but only if there is a court order.

In a letter submitted to the House committee on justice, BJMP's Alan Iral says “the expeditious release of all qualified persons… by reason of a court order on the basis of the proposed omnibus reduction of bail mentioned in the committee's recommendation is an idea we strongly subscribe to.”

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