What is discernment to our lawmakers?

Then 72 years after the Revised Penal Code took effect, came Republic Act No. 9344 otherwise known as the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006, signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on April 28, 2006 and amended in 2013.

- Aven Piramide

This is often referred to as the Sen. Kiko Pangilinan law. RA 9344 prescribes the minimum age of criminal responsibility thus: “A child fifteen (15) years of age or under at the time of the commission of the offense shall be exempt from criminal liability.”