Senator Robin Padilla has filed a bill seeking to impose capital punishment to officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police or other law enforcement agencies and elected officials who are involved in illegal drugs.
In filing Senate Bill 2217, Padilla noted that the prevalence of the illegal drug problem has persisted through the years and that the seriousness of the drug problem “has reached the very core of our law enforcement.”
‘To reinstate the rule of law and rebuild the trust of the Filipino people, we must re-impose the death penalty as a strong deterrent to grave offenders” of the AFP, PNP, any unformed or law enforcement agency or an elective official who are entrusted with the public power by the people. Padilla’s bill suspends the execution of capital punishment to a woman while she is pregnant or within one year after delivery, or any person over 70 years of age.
“Every Congress na lang fina-file natin yan but hindi gumagana kasi nakikita natin na we cannot have the numbers. Iilan lang naman ang mga pro-death penalty d’yan lalong-lalo na sa nangyaring shabu na ito, mabilang mo lang sa fingers kung ilan ang gusto mag-death penalty,” Dela Rosa said, referring to the controversial 990-kilogram shabu haul in Manila last year.
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