THE death penalty, if approved by Congress, would undermine the special treatment enjoyed by the Philippines under the Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+), Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said.
“Basically, the GSP+ is under threat if the death penalty approved, because under international conventions the Philippines committed not to bring back the death penalty,” Lopez said last week.
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