Angara on Panelo referral of Sanchez pardon bid: ‘It’s a gray area’

    MANILA, Philippines --- A "gray area."   This is how Senator Sonny Angara, a lawyer, described Thursday the referral by presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo of the application for executive clemency of convicted rapist and murderer Antonio Sanchez.   "It's a gray area, what he did. I think he just referred it, that's what he is claiming. Pinasa lang naman niya but when I read the letter he was talking about executive clemency," Angara said in an interview over ANC.   "It seemed to me like he was asking the jail officials if this guy was already eligible for executive clemency which is another thing from good conduct time allowance...

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