MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 155

: The President of the Republic of the Philippines has the power to grant executive clemency to inmates who have been convicted and are serving their sentence by final judgment.
: The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), and the Board of Pardons and Parole (BPP) are instructed to forward such records.
: Inmates who are seventy (70) years old and above.
: It takes effect immediately upon issuance on November 17, 2004.
: The policy is to extend executive clemency out of compassion and based on humanitarian grounds.
: They must automatically submit the names and records of inmates turning seventy to the Office of the President for eligibility review for executive clemency.
: No, it applies only to inmates serving sentences by final judgment.
: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
: The Board of Pardons and Parole is tasked to submit records of elderly inmates to the Office of the President for executive clemency consideration.