GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 21 July) – The National Amnesty Commission (NAC) welcomed Friday the recommendation from some members of the Bangsamoro Parliament to extend the application period for […]
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The National Amnesty Commission welcomed Friday the recommendation from some members of the Bangsamoro Parliament to extend the application period for the grant of amnesty for members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Moro National Liberation Front .
“Amnesty is granted to a person, not to an association because a criminal act is personal. An association cannot commit a crime, thus even a corporation which is a juridical person is not liable for the criminal acts. Instead, it is the natural persons behind the corporation that are liable for the crime committed,” she said.
“By granting them blanket amnesty , you remove the sword hanging over their heads that they can be arrested anytime. Amnesty is about forgiveness,” she said. “And for sure we do not want the sword of Damocles forever hanging over the heads of our former combatants and rebels. We want them to fully enjoy their civil and political rights,” he said, adding that, “Our mandate under EO 125 and the corresponding proclamations specifically envisioned an individual application and limited only to crimes mentioned as subject to amnesty.”
Under Proclamation 1090, amnesty does not cover members of the MILF who were involved in cases related to kidnap-for-ransom, massacre, rape, terrorism and other crimes against chastity.
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