Juvenile law needs urgent review, amendment

The nation’s Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 is in dire need of a review, not only because President Rodrigo Duterte has raised the issue many times in defending the administration’s war on illegal drugs, but because the public clamor for it is growing. We want to add our voice to the ranks of those who fervently believe that it is urgently necessary for the Congress to review or amend that law.

President Duterte may have indulged his proclivity for dismissive putdowns of political opponents in branding Liberal Party President and Sen. Francis Pangilinan as “the dumbest lawyer” for authoring the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act.