The Vote that Can Save the Children
February 1, 2019 ·
The Vote that Can Save the Children
Fr. Shay Cullen
1 February 2019
On Monday, 4 February the Philippine Senate may decide whether to change the law and lower the age of criminal liability from 15 years of age to 12 years of age. If they do, that will make 12-year old children liable as criminals if they steal a banana in the market and they may have to stand trial. Then they may be sent to a children’s detention center. These places are no better than prisons where it is life behind bars.
They will be bullied, beaten and made slaves by the older, 17-year olds inmates and made to do sexual acts with the older boys. There is nothing else to do inside most of these places. We are appealing to the senators not to lower the age of criminal liability for these children. The swing votes are with the senators whose email addresses are below. We appeal to you to act and help save the children: send a short message to the senators not to change the existing law, not to lower the age that would make children criminals at 12 years of age.
| Sen. Sonny Angara | [email protected] |
| Sen. Gregorio Honasan II | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Sen. Loren Legarda | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Sen. Ralph Recto | [email protected] |
| Sen. Cynthia Villar | [email protected] |
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