“When we condemn violence, we cannot ourselves be its perpetrators, and when we decry murder, we cannot ourselves participate in murder, no matter that it may be accompanied by the trappings of judicial and legal process,†he said.
Congress has scheduled the plenary debates on House Bill No. 4727, a consolidated version of seven bills on death penalty, this coming week.
The Lingayen-Dagupan archbishop added: “Throughout the world, the trend against the death penalty is unmistakable, and international covenants, one of which the Philippines is party to, obligate us not to impose the death penalty.â€
The death penalty, which was abolished during the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo with the strong influence of the Catholic church, is being revived by the Duterte administration to deter heinous crimes amid a deadly war on drugs which has claimed thousands of lives. IDL/rga
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