By Kit Bagaipo
Law enforcers themselves are unhappy of a national law exempting minors who come into conflict with the law of criminal liability.
P/CSupt. Yolanda Tanigue, the country's first female police officer to attain a star rank (general) asserts that RA 9344, the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006, ushered in criminality committed by youngsters.
The law, authored by Sen. Francis Pangilinan, needs amendments particularly the provision which prevents the detention and interrogation of minors involved in a crime, according to Tanigue.
Tanigue, who is the PNP's chief of the Women and Children Protection Center (WCPC), led some 600 women who are in police service from across the country during its 5th National Biennial Summit on Women in Policing at the Bohol Plaza Resort . In Dauis.
WCPC has an all-women personnel and handles all cases of violence committed against women and children including trafficking, exploitation and abuse.
One of the summit's guest speakers, Bulacan Rep. Lorna Silverio, also backed efforts to amend the law on minors.
Bohol Provincial Police Director SSupt. Edgardo Ingking himself conveyed recommendations for amendments of the law saying that relatives of a juvenile offender must also assume legal liabilities.
The Juvenile Justice Act of 2006 was given an exhaustive discussion during the biennial summit of women police officers which was attended by Police Director Deputy Director General Jesus Verzosa, the incoming PNP chief who will soon replace Director General Avelino Razon.
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