President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in a
speaking engagement in Candon City, Ilocos Sur, said he prefers to retain the
threshold for plunder at P50 million amid suggestions to lower it.
“Ten million is too ano. Ten
million now is… Fifty million siguro. Death penalty for plunder at saka drugs.
I am for it,” he said.
“If you are not a plunderer, if
you do not have the money in the bank, why should you be afraid? ‘Yung 50 tama
‘yan, plunder,” Duterte added.
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The Chief Excecutive also said that he favors death penalty by hanging.
“Ako naman, ang aking take
diyan is ayaw kong magsayang ng bala. Mahal ‘yang isang bala ng M-16. Siguro
mga 70 pesos ‘yan. So sabi ko ‘yung lubid na lang, ‘yung gawa ng La Union.
Talaga. Ano bang ginagamit niyo dito? So ‘yan ho. Pabiro na… Just a few
thoughts exchange between you and me,” he said.
During his 4th State
of the Nation Address (SONA), the Chief Executive urged Congress for the
reimposition of Death penalty in the country.
Death Penalty in
the PH (timeline)
1993 – under
Republic Act 7659 capital punishment was restored during;
the presidency
of Fidel V. Ramos.
1996 - Republic Act
8177 was passed, prescribing the use of lethal
injection
as the method of carrying out capital punishment.
2006 - Under the
administration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo she signed
Republic
Act 9346, which abolished the death penalty and
downgraded
the maximum penalty for crimes to reclusion perpetua
(imprisonment
of up to 40 years) and life imprisonment.
2016 – present,
President Duterte has pushed for its reinstatement since
the
start of the presidential campaign and was also mentioned in
the 2017 SONA. His to allies in the
Senate, Senators Bong
Go and Ronald Dela Rosa has made it
public that they will push for
its reimposition.
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