Members of Manila Police District Special Weapons and Tactics (MPD-SWAT) providing police visibility at the Manuel Araullo High School in Manila. —INQUIRER/ MARIANNE BERMUDEZ.
MANILA, Philippines — Stakeholders from the government and civil society remain divided on whether the country’s juvenile justice law should be reviewed and made more stringent in the wake of the deadly shooting incident that involved teenage suspects in Tacloban City.
The human rights watchdog Karapatan expressed concern over proposals to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) from 15 to 12.
The head of the Juvenile Justice Welfare Council (JJWC), a multiagency government body formed to monitor the implementation of the 2006 Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, also has the same reservations.
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