Kaibigan ko iyan. He is honest, siguro everything. But if there is one in the Republic of the Philippines, citizens, you’re an official who did us wrong, terribly wrong…Senator Pangilinan. 

Because he was the one who crafted the law, copied the Juvenile Offenders Act of New York and the State of Washington.

Iyon nga ang problema diyan eh. Kaya nagtaka ako kung bakit nanalo pa ‘yan. Pa-ek-ek. Galit na ako sa kanya because of the situation, because he created a generation of criminals.

Why? Because when that law took effect, you could see iyong sa EDSA, makita mo mag-snatch. They snatch and they run, caught on camera. That’s only for show. They’re arrested. They’re not arrested by the barangay captain. They are taken into custody because he’s a minor. Fifteen years old, ‘pag sinabi niya, “I’m 15,” labas ‘yan.

So these guys go in and out of prison everyday without even a minute of lecture of the responsibility of a citizen and the sense of accountability of doing a wrong.

Iyan ang nangyari. Kaya marami ang criminal ngayon, noon mag-ganun pa. The criminals now, wala na iyan. They are just… Diretso. Bakit iyan? Nasanay eh.

In America, true. There even a 17 years old pataas ang ibang state. But there is a mechanism there. Ang sana ang dapat ginawa ni Kiko Pangilinan was a law, a colatilla or a condition, provided that in every town or city, there should be a correctional institution.

Not to put them in prison but to detain them and be lectured on what is right and what is wrong and what other responsibilities of a citizen, and what is prohibited. Wala eh.

Iyan ang sinabi ko. Mag-aral ka na mga Harvard ng six weeks diyan, mga seminar, bumalik ka dito, gumawa ka ng batas. Iyan ang totoo. Si Pangilinan ‘yan. Ngayon, bakit hindi nila i-amend? Iyong ibang senator, ayaw.

Bakit? G*** ng ito, ginawa niya iyan. ‘Di lumubog siya diyan kasi ‘pag hindi, ma kalaban pa natin iyan sa eleksyon. Tatakbo rin siya ng… Baka takbo iyon ng presidente. Matalo pa tayo. Ngayon pa lang i-kik na.

Hayaan mo iyan. Let it float. Let the law remains there. Ganun iyan. Si Pangilinan. Dapat iyon noon, ‘pag meron iyan, 15 years old, good. But there must be a correctional facility. Or a halfway house to do it. But he did not.

It’s a… It’s a display of… How would I term it? A display of brilliance gone wild. Iyan ang mahirap diyan sa… Siya iyan. Ngayon, matagal ko nang gustong birahin iyan, si Pangilinan. Nandiyan ba siya? Suntukin na lang kita para tuluyan na.

Hindi, totoo iyan. I’m telling the truth. Walang iba. Magtanong ka ng abogado. Ay ito, abogado man ‘yan dalawa. Tanungin niyo. Iyan ang nakadiperensya eh.

So in and out, in and out, they grow up without any sense of responsibility or the more ano… is accountability. ‘Yan ang nawala. So that’s how it is.