Sanchez’s wife admits asking Duterte’s help for ex-mayor’s release, bares death threats

THE wife of former Calauan, Laguna mayor Antonio Sanchez, on Tuesday admitted that she sought help from President Rodrigo Duterte and other government and elected officials to facilitate the release of her husband but denied that she lobbied for it.

"That's all what we did," Elvira Sanchez told senators on Tuesday, the second day of their inquiry into the controversial Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law, which allows the release of prisoners for “good behavior,” including those convicted of heinous crimes, former Calauan, Laguna mayor Antonio Sanchez, among them.