Government should rush the establishment of “its own Google search-like app for arrest warrants” to spare namesakes of fugitives from being denied security clearances, held at ports or harassed by unscrupulous public officers, said Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto.
He noted that operational “online database” of persons with arrest warrants would have led to the instantaneous verification of the pending warrants against the two arrested protesting drivers in Caloocan City.
“If it was not a high profile case, baka mas lalong natagalan ang verification. By today’s standards, it was something that proceeded at warp speed,” Recto said.
“Another way to view it is that it is emblematic of the hassles thousands of Filipinos who share the same names with those in trouble with the law have to go through,” he added.