Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 83)
The purpose of Executive Order No. 83 is to designate the Board of Indeterminate Sentence to act as a Board of Pardons, tasked with examining prison records and recommending pardons for certain prisoners.
The Board of Indeterminate Sentence, created under Act Numbered 4103, is designated to act as the Board of Pardons.
The legal basis includes the authority vested by the Constitution and the laws of the Philippines, particularly Act Numbered 4103 and its amendments.
The Board of Pardons is tasked to examine prisoners who do not fall under the provisions of the Indeterminate Sentence Law (Act Numbered 4103, as amended).
The Board must consider the crime committed, the probabilities of the prisoner violating the law again, the prisoner's conduct while in prison, and other matters affecting the impact of pardon on society.
The Board must examine or cause to be examined the prison records and history of prisoners and recommend pardons when it believes the prisoner has reformed and will not pose a threat to society.
No, the Board of Pardons only considers prisoners who do not come under the provisions of the Indeterminate Sentence Law.
The prisoner’s conduct while in prison is a key factor in assessing whether the prisoner has reformed enough to be safely pardoned.