WATCH: Children Below 15 Can Still Face Accountability — Expert, PNP
#TheBigStory | Lawyer and technology advocate Jocelle Batapa-Sigue said children below 15 years old who commit offenses are not exempt from accountability.
She explained that intervention, diversion, and rehabilitation programs are designed to help young offenders take responsibility for their actions while promoting reform.
Philippine National Police spokesperson Col. Allen Rae Co also explained the 14-year-old suspect in the Tacloban City school shooting incident would not escape accountability even if there were no charges filed against him yet.
Sigue and Co also said proposals to lower the age of criminal liability should be guided by data, research and consultations rather than public outrage because the issue is highly complicated.
