2 House Bills had been recently filed by Panteleon Alvarez, incoming house speaker. House Bill 1, A proposition for the revival of death penalty and House Bill 2, suggesting lower age liability for crimes.
“If you put the two bills that he filed together, iyong pagbalik ng death penalty tsaka pagbaba ng age to nine years old, mayroon tayong sitwasyon na baka nine years old, binibigyan mo ng life imprisonment o binibigyan mo ng death penalty.” Bam Aquino objects the implementation of the said bills, considering the chances that kids might become candidates for death penalty if worst comes to worst. “Ito ba ang Pilipinas na ating ninanais?” He dropped the question.
“I don’t know kung na-realize iyan ng mga proponents ng batas na ito but there could be a case, ginawang courier ng isang drug lord o drug pusher ang isang bata tapos nahuli… Ang batang iyan can actually get life imprisonment or death penalty. Handa ba ang Pilipinas na pumatay ng nine years old na nasangkot sa ganoong klaseng pangyayari? I don’t think that’s what we want to do, na pumatay tayo ng mga bata.” Aquino said.
The approval of both house bills might shake the Philippines, bringing conflict between the human rights advocates, the Catholic church, the congress and the Filipino citizens itself. But at the end of the day, we are all for a better and stronger nation.
Source: TNP , GMANetwork
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