WATCH: Senators Panfilo Lacson and Tito Sotto, authors of bills pushing for the death penalty in the Philippines, are now against the measure. The two said they now fear wrongly sending an innocent person to their demise. Full story:
The two came out with the stand on Thursday, November 4, in a Meet the Press briefing with reporters to explain their platforms as they run for the top two positions in the government in 2022.
"Saving the life of a wrongly convicted person has more weight. My view changed, I now withdraw my bill," Lacson said. Sotto said he has even consulted former House speaker and current Partido Reporma president Pantaleon Alvarez about the plan. Alvarez apparently already had an island in mind.
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