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BuCor recommends
Jalosjos release to DOJ


BUREAU of Corrections director Oscar Calderon has recommended to Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez that former Zamboanga del Norte Rep. Romeo Jalosjos – convicted for rape of a minor in 1996 – be released from the National Bilibid Prisons (NBP) as he had already completed his 16-year jail sentence.

"In the light of the foregoing, (I) respectfully request that the colonist status of inmate Romeo G. Jalosjos be confirmed/approved by the DOJ. Our re-evaluation/re-computation would tend to show that Jalosjos may have fully served his sentence as of Dec. 14, 2008. Having served his sentence, (I) request further that he be released from prison," Calderon said in a letter to Gonzalez.

Supt. Bartolome Busta-mante, Calderon’s executive assistant, said they will set Jalosjos free as soon as the DOJ approves it. He denied accusations that BuCor was being partial to Jalosjos, pointing out that their recommendation for his release went through the legal process and was approved by the NBP classification board.

"Jalojos spent five years and 19 days at the Makati City Jail while his case was being heard at the Makati regional trial court," Bustamante explained. "When the Supreme Court upheld his conviction, Jalosjos was moved to the NBP. As of Dec. 14, 2008, he had already served six years, 10 months and 10 days."

Bustamante said Jalosjos was also entitled to time off of four years, four months and 14 days for good behavior while in detention. "If you add all of that up, he has already served his entire jail sentence. We have no choice but to release him.

Otherwise, we might be charged with illegal detention," he said.

Jalosjos was originally sentenced to serve two life terms but this was commuted by President Arroyo to 16 years, three months and three days on June 13, 2007. A few months later, he was quietly released from jail on the supposed order of BuCor but was quickly rearrested after a public outcry.

 


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