Malacañang on Thursday denied reports that President Rodrigo Duterte has been pressuring Congress to pass a bill seeking to restore the death penalty.

Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said Duterte is keeping his hands off deliberations on death penalty, noting that Congress is a co-equal branch of government.

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