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To protect innocent people from being wrongly jailed or having their reputations suffer because of lying witnesses, Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson filed a bill imposing heavier penalties on those giving false testimonies.

Lacson, who had suffered harassment due to lying witnesses in the past, lamented false testimonies and sworn statements sometimes used to support malicious complaints to harass and persecute others are becoming prevalent.

“This pernicious practice is aimed not only to harass innocent persons but also to put them behind bars and make their families suffer. It is noteworthy that because of these untruthful and inconsistent statements, we have witnessed how some men were robbed of their youth and freedom for a long period of time only to be freed later on account that the reason for their incarceration was based on a ‘polluted source,’” he said in Senate Bill 253.

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Sa halip na ang akusado, ang nagsisinungaling na testigo laban sa kanya ang babalikat sa mga parusa sa kaso o mga kasong kinakaharap ng una oras na maisabatas ang panukalang inihain ni Senador Panfilo Lacson sa Mataas na Kapulungan ng Kongreso.

Sa Senate Bill 253 kasi na inihain ni Lacson at naglalayong amyendahan ang ilang mahahalagang nilalaman ng Revised Penal Code, ipinunto ni Lacson na dapat na ipaako sa testigo ang kaso ng idinidiin nito sa isang kaso o asunto oras na mapatunayang nagsisinungaling lamang ito o gumagawa ng kuwento.

“Any person who shall give false testimony in any criminal case shall suffer the same penalty for the crime the defendant is being accused of,” banggit niya sa naturang panukala.

Related: Lacson bill pushes higher penalties vs lying witnesses Continue reading “Lacson Bill: Pekeng Testigo Damay sa Asunto ng Akusado”