CBCP appeals to Duterte to free old and sick inmates

THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has again knocked on President Rodrigo Duterte’s mercy and compassion as it appeals the grant of executive clemency for some 500 old and sick prisoners at the National Bilibid Prisons in Muntilupa City (Metro Manila).

Bro. Rudy Diamante, executive secretary of the CBCP-Episcopal Commisson on Prison and Pastoral Care(ECPPC), made the appeal on Tuesday in reiteration of an earlier promise by the President to release the old and sick inmates.