{"id":174884,"date":"2018-08-03T22:51:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T02:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=174884"},"modified":"2018-08-03T22:51:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T02:51:26","slug":"death-penalty-reimposition-remains-palaces-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/03\/death-penalty-reimposition-remains-palaces-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Death penalty reimposition remains Palace\u2019s priority"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. (TOTO LOZANO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang on Friday said the reimposition of death penalty for heinous drug-related crimes remains the government\u2019s priority despite Pope Francis\u2019 declaration that capital punishment is \u201cunacceptable\u201d in all cases.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, however, said the revival of the death penalty for serious drug-related offenses is now up to the Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is still the priority of the administration to reimpose the death penalty for serious drug-related offenses but the decision, because it was already passed by Congress, is now up to the Senate,\u201d Roque said in a press conference in Malaybalay, Bukidnon.<\/p>\n

Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte would still try his “gentle persuasion” but \u201cit is the decision of the senators now\u201d.<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, who hails from Bukidnon, was with Roque at the press briefing but did not comment on death penalty issue.<\/p>\n

In March 2017, the House of Representatives passed House Bill No. 4727, seeking to reimpose the death penalty for heinous drug-related offenses.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we leave it to the Senate whatever decision they may have,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III previously declared support for the restoration of death penalty for high-level drug trafficking cases.<\/p>\n

In 2014, Sotto filed a Senate bill seeking to reimpose capital punishment for \u201cheinous crimes”.<\/p>\n

The death penalty was abolished in the Philippines in 2006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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