MALACAÑANG on Tuesday expressed its reservation over the proposed revival of the death penalty, saying that, at this time, it is more important to reform the country’s “flawed” justice system.

Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. admitted that “weaknesses” in the justice system deter them from fully supporting measures that seek to reimpose capital punishment on heinous crimes.

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