Death penalty will set back the Filipinos’ human development

The Duterte government, its super majority in the House of Representatives and its majority in the Senate are poised to make another act that will pull down the Filipino people rungs below our current level of human development. They will restore the death penalty in our criminal justice system.

Not wishing to offend the majority of our population who are Christians, many of whom do take some teachings of the Lord Jesus and of the churches to heart, these pro-death-penalty government officials and lawmakers have deferred passing the law this Christmas season. But we have learned that they are determined to get the law enacted—in fact, to get the bill railroaded into passage--when Congress resumes its work after the New Year holidays.