DEATH PENALTY IGINIIT KASUNOD NG PAGBITAY SA 2 PINOY SA CHINA

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ISINUSULONG ni House Committee on Dangerous Drugs chairperson at Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers ang muling pagbabalik ng death penalty sa bansa kasunod ng nangyaring pagbitay sa dalawang Pilipino sa China.

Ito ay upang mabitay din ang mga dayuhang sangkot sa pagkakalat ng ilegal na droga sa Pilipinas kagaya umano ng mga Tsino.

Una rito, dalawang Pinoy ang hinatulan ng kamatayan sa pamamagitan ng lethal injection sa China nitong nagdaang buwan dahil sa pagpuslit doon ng shabu noong 2013.

“While we condemn in no uncertain terms any and all illegal drug activities, we urge the two houses of Congress to take a serious look at the reimposition of the death penalty, most especially on drug-related offenses,” ani Barbers.

“Our kababayans convicted in foreign lands for drug trafficking are almost always executed while we extend kid gloves treatment if not VIP treatment to foreigners, especially Chinese nationals, who are apprehended and convicted of the same offense here,” wika ng mambabatas.

“There should be a similar punishment imposed on these foreign nationals, as well as fellow Filipinos, who introduce drugs into the country. If other countries treat illegal drugs as a threat to their citizenry and the whole society, why are we so soft in treating this menace in our own territory?” dagdag pa ni Barbers.

Patuloy na isinusulong ni Barbers sa Kongreso ang muling pagpapatupad ng death penalty sa mga karumal-dumal na krimen, partikular na sa mga kasong may kaugnayan sa ilegal na droga.

Ang kanyang panukalang House Bill 1543 ay kasalukuyang nakabimbin sa House Committee on Justice.

“China was firm in executing Filipinos yet we are being flooded with tons and tons of illegal drugs, especially shabu from China. It is a wonder that while China was very very hard on drug trafficking, the drugs that come to our shores originate from its ports. Yet, we have to see one Chinese convict being executed to deter others from committing such heinous a crime,” anang kongresista.

Taong 2006 nang ibasura ng Pilipinas ang death penalty sa bansa.