Bill lowering the minimum age for criminal responsibility from 15 to 12 yrs old.

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Hello Philippines! what can you say about this bill.. If you will be given a chance to raise your opinion regarding this bill, what will be your side? One of the news today, is about this bill lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility from age 15 to 12, the basis of this bill is the various reported heinous crime committed by minors now a days that left unresolved because of the law protecting and exempting the minors from any criminal liability. Some are against with it, thinking that 12 years old is just a grade 6 pupil,and some of those minor offenders are being hired by syndicate or criminal gangs to avoid arrest and prosecution,and for them, the logical solution is to run after the gangs and prevent them from exploiting children.. According to them, Theft is the top crime committed by children based on the police record, theft is a poverty crime, children steal because they need to eat and survive,the challenge to the government is to stop children from stealing and provide them the basic social service, provide them food, housing, best education and emotional comfort to shield them from the world of crime. For me, literally 12 years old is still a minor and attached to it is our presumption that, minor still not aware of what they are doing... but in reality, not anymore...children today grow fast mentally,with that age they are capable of doing something and is capable already of identifying what is right and wrong.!