Leaders of the House of Representatives on Friday said they are in favor of death penalty for plunderers.

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte and House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas of Ilocos Norte clarified their stand after the chamber drew flak for removing plunder as one of heinous crimes punishable by the death penalty.

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