{"id":224476,"date":"2019-07-25T20:57:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T00:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=224476"},"modified":"2019-07-25T20:57:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T00:57:58","slug":"revilla-backs-death-penalty-for-plunder-false-accusers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/25\/revilla-backs-death-penalty-for-plunder-false-accusers\/","title":{"rendered":"Revilla backs death penalty for plunder, false accusers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Revilla said he would also suggest the imposition of the death penalty against those who falsely accuse others of committing plunder. (File Photo:<\/a> Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr.\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. on Thursday reiterated his support for the passage of a bill seeking to restore the death penalty for plunder and heinous crimes related to drugs.<\/p>\n

Revilla said he would also suggest the imposition of the death penalty against those who falsely accuse others of committing plunder.<\/p>\n

“Hindi na kailangan humingi sa akin ng tulong ni<\/em>\u00a0Senator Bong Go (Senator Bong Go need not ask for my help). From the get go, I have expressed my strong and personal support (for) capital punishment for drug trafficking and plunder,” he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“If at all,\u00a0ako ang hihingi ng tulong sa kanya<\/em>, to support\u00a0yung aking panukala na idagdag sa batas,<\/em>\u00a0to prevent it from being weaponized for politics,\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0false accusers should also suffer death (If at all, I should be the one to ask for his support to include in the bill — to prevent it from being weaponized for politics — that false accusers should also suffer death),” he added.<\/p>\n

Revilla, who was acquitted in 2018 after four years in detention over a plunder charge, said he was not affected by the death penalty proposal because he was found “not guilty”.<\/p>\n

“Napatunayang ginipit lang ako. Pero sa pinagdaanan ko na inakusahan ng mali at inabswelto at pinawalang-sala, dapat may kaakibat na parusa sa mga nanggipit at nang-api<\/em>\u00a0(It was proven that I was just framed up. But after what I had gone through because of false accusations and eventually being acquitted, it is only right for those who falsely accuse others of these crimes to be punished),” he said.<\/p>\n

“I could have faced death just because of politics.\u00a0Kung ginawa ito sa akin, dapat siguruhin na hindi na ito magagawa sa iba<\/em>\u00a0(These acts against me should not be done to others),” he added.<\/p>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang earlier said President Rodrigo R. Duterte is most likely to certify the passage of the death penalty bill as urgent.<\/p>\n

In his 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 22, Duterte urged Congress to pass a bill for the restoration of the death penalty for drugs and plunder.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said the passage of the death penalty bill will still depend on Congress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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