Congress should heed people’s clamor for death penalty on drug crimes

IF the recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) and Pulse Asia surveys are to be used as a gauge of the people’s pulse, then lawmakers must take cognizance of the sizable magnitude of public support for the restoration of the death penalty on drug-related heinous crimes.

The April SWS survey found that a majority, 61 percent, of Filipinos were in favor of the proposal, and the rates of approval were even higher for those with knowledge of the issue.