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Dingdong Dantes on lowering the age of criminal liability, “The government should invest more on creating an enabling environment that will allow young people to be productive members of the society.”
Dingdong Dantes and Anne Curtis express their dismay on the approved bill that lowers the age of criminal liability from 15 to nine years old.
The House of Representatives Justice committee approved the said bill on Monday, January 21.
On his Twitter account, Cain at Abel actor Dingdong Dantes retweeted a post from human rights lawyer Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno, who strong opposed the proposal.
Dingdong wrote, “Agree ako sa iyo, @ChelDiokno! Crucial stage ang childhood and adolescence to one's development.
“These are periods where psychological, emotional, social and physical aspects are strongly influenced by the surroundings and are formed.”
Agree ako sa iyo, @ChelDiokno! Crucial stage ang childhood and adolescence to one's development. These are periods where psychological, emotional, social and physical aspects are strongly influenced by the surroundings and are formed. https://t.co/SaTLxEdYZC
-- Dingdong Dantes (@iamdongdantes) Enero 20, 2019
On his following tweet, the Kapuso actor emphasized, “Instead of focusing on criminalizing children, the government should invest more on creating an enabling environment that will allow young people to be productive members of the society.”
2.... Instead of focusing on criminalizing children, the government should invest more on creating an enabling environment that will allow young people to be productive members of the society. https://t.co/SaTLxEdYZC
-- Dingdong Dantes (@iamdongdantes) Enero 20, 2019
Dingdong also shared a quote card from Dakila that says, “Criminalizing children will not address crime. It victimizes them into bearing the burden of the failures of our government and society.”
https://t.co/yLHlk42bXp @dakila_ph pic.twitter.com/JuBDMut4D4
-- Dingdong Dantes (@iamdongdantes) Enero 21, 2019
Dingdong is a former commissioner of National Youth Commission. He is also the founding chairman of the Yes Pinoy Foundation.
Meanwhile, actress Anne Curtis also took to Twitter to express her opinion about the issue.
She wrote, “Nakakalungkot isipan na ibaba nila ang criminal responsibility to the age of 9.
“At that age, they are still very much children.
“They still have a chance to change their ways if they happen to cause or get into any trouble instead of being sent to jail & sentenced as an adult.”
Nakakalungkot isipan na ibaba nila ang criminal responsibility to the age of 9. At that age, they are still very much children. They still have a chance to change their ways if they happen to cause or get into any trouble instead of being sent to jail & sentenced as an adult. 💔 https://t.co/H9to9QHyjD
-- Anne Curtis-Smith (@annecurtissmith) Enero 22, 2019
Anne is a longtime ambassador of UNICEF Philippines. She also founded Dream Machine, which is, according to its website, “a platform that stands both as a voice against dream shaming and as an enabler to make dreams come true.”
