Naniniwala si Kabataan Party Rep. Sarah Elago na pagpapalakas sa sistema ng hustisya ang kailangan tugunan kaysa sa pagbabalik ng parusang kamatayan sa bansa.
Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri said on Sunday that the death penalty bill has a “50-50” chance in the Senate should the measure be put to a vote.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson is keen on achieving a deterrent effect in pursuing legislation to reimpose the death penalty especially on heinous crimes.
Senator Bong Go on Thursday said he remains firm in his commitment to push for the reinstatement of the death penalty and the designation of plunder and drug-related offenses as capital offenses.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night lashed out at human rights defenders criticizing his war on drugs campaign and opposing the return of death penalty for drug crimes.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night lashed out at human rights defenders for criticizing his war on drugs campaign and opposing the return of death penalty for drug crimes.
Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza on Sunday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to drop his push to bring back the death penalty via lethal injection, calling it “an exercise in futility and an utter waste of time.”
House Minority Leader Bienvenido Abante Jr. on Wednesday pushed for the reimposition of the death penalty, calling on his colleagues in the House of Representatives to revive capital punishment for drug-related crimes.
Death penalty bills has better chance vs big-time drug traffickers, Senate President Tito Sotto says.
Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza on Sunday issued a “polite rejoinder” to President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for Congress to revive capital punishment for heinous crimes.
President Rodrigo Duterte “forced a muted applause” during his fifth State of the National Address (SONA) last week when he asked his audience of legislators why they were not applauding his call for the revival of the death penalty for drug-related offenses.
Solusyon kontra droga! Sen. Ronald ”Bato” Dela Rosa pushes death penalty for drug traffickers.
Iginiit ni Senador Manny Pacquiao na kahit sa bibliya ay nakasaad na inaatasan ang gobyerno na ipatupad ang parusang bitay. Aniya, handa siya na ipaliwanag ito sa mga kontra sa death penalty.
Napiga ni Senador Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan si Senador Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa sa pagtatanong sa Senado matapos ang privilege speech ni Bato kung saan napaamin ni Pangilinan si Bato na mas prayoridad ang pagtugon sa COVID-19 kaysa death penalty.
Iginiit ni Senador Manny Pacquiao na dapat na magkaroon ng death penalty sa mga drug traffickers dahil kahit panahon ng pandemya, may mga nagsasamantala pa rin sa sitwasyon.
An all-senator caucus this coming Monday is expected to resolve the issue of death penalty bills presently pending in the Senate, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Thursday.
Mga big-time lang! Sen.Imee Marcos backs death penalty for drug traffickers.
President Rodrigo Duterte called for the passage of a bill reviving death penalty by lethal injection.
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Monday said the reinstatement of the death penalty for drug traffickers will strengthen the country’s fight against illegal drugs.
The death penalty’s revival should be given serious thought for crimes of “an unimaginable” level of brutality and inhumanity, as in the Maguindanao massacre.
Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano may be President Rodrigo Duterte’s top ally in the House of Representatives, but they don’t seem to be on the same page when it comes to the Chief Executive’s desire to reinstate the death penalty.
President Rodrigo Duterte might have lost the battle for the passage of the death penalty before it even began in the House of Representatives under the leadership of Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano.
Party-list Cong. Lito Atienza (Buhay) said the criminal activities of “ninja cops” serve as one of the strongest arguments against the return of the death penalty.
Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza on Saturday warned that the so-called extortionist “ninja cops” were sure to use the possible revival of the death penalty to threaten prospective victims to make them cough up money.
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