A pro-life group believes the results of a recent Commission on Human Rights survey showing majority of Filipinos not supporting the death penalty prove the Filipino people’s deep religiosity and love for life.
The Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas cried foul over the plan to revive capital punishment in the country and said that the government should instead focus on curbing the pandemic and ending corruption.
The clergy of the Archdiocese of Manila has condemned lawmakers’ willingness to heed President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to reimpose the death penalty for drug-related crimes.
Pro-life Philippines has started an online petition opposing against the revival of the death penalty, calling the proposal made by President Rodrigo Duterte in his fifth State of the Nation Address on July 27, a “step of retrogression towards barbaric violence.”
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan slammed fellow Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa for prioritizing the reimposition of death penalty, questioning how it could help in addressing the problems amidst the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
