{"id":88484,"date":"2017-02-08T17:37:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T22:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=88484"},"modified":"2017-02-08T17:37:52","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T22:37:52","slug":"supermajority-oks-compromise-to-scrap-mandatory-use-of-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/08\/supermajority-oks-compromise-to-scrap-mandatory-use-of-death-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Supermajority’ OKs compromise to scrap mandatory use of death penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Ang napag-agreehan ay hindi siya mandatory death kundi reclusion perpetua to death. Ibig sabihin yung judge yung magsasabi kung kelan niya ipapataw yung death penalty,\u201d Alvarez said. (Photo: Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday said the mandatory use of death penalty for heinous crimes will be eliminated from the death penalty bill.<\/p>\n

In a press conference, Alvarez said this was agreed upon by members of the so-called \u201csupermajority\u201d coalition during a caucus on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Alvarez also disclosed that reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment will be added as another option of punishment.<\/p>\n

“Ang napag-agreehan ay hindi siya mandatory death kundi reclusion perpetua to death. Ibig sabihin yung judge yung magsasabi kung kelan niya ipapataw yung death penalty,\u201d Alvarez said.<\/p>\n

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Alvarez also reiterated that House leaders who will not support the administration\u2019s priority measure will be plucked out from their posts \u2013including deputy speakerships, chairmanships and vice-chairmanships.<\/p>\n

Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who abolished death penalty in 2006 when she was President, has expressed opposition against the bill.<\/p>\n

“We have to replace her (Arroyo) as deputy speaker\u2026 I already asked the majority leader (Rodolfo Fari\u00f1as) to talk to her,” Alvarez said.<\/p>\n

Alvarez announced that he will insist on a party vote rather than a conscience vote on the death penalty bill.<\/p>\n

Alvarez met with his party mates from the ruling party PDP-Laban to reiterate its party stand in favor of House Bill No. 4727. Members who will deviate from it might as well resign, he noted.<\/p>\n

Under the proposed measure, death penalty will be imposed on more than 20 offenses including illegal drug trafficking, arson, treason, murder, rape, kidnapping, and carnapping.<\/p>\n

The mode of capital punishment could either be through hanging, by firing squad or lethal injection.<\/p>\n

The imposition of death penalty has been suspended since 2006 with the enactment of Republic Act No. 9346, or \u201cAn Act Prohibiting the Imposition of Death Penalty in the Philippines.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, President Rodrigo Duterte has publicly declared that he wanted capital punishment reimposed on heinous crimes, especially on criminals involved in drug-trafficking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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