Return of death penalty not a Senate priority - Pimentel

THE Senate leadership on Monday maintained that the proposal to reinstate the death penalty in the country would not be part of its list of priority measures in its 2^nd regular session but assured the House of Representatives that it would be discussed.

Senate President Aquilino Pimentel 3rd said that since the House of Representatives submitted its approved version of the bill to the Senate, this meant that its counterparts wanted the upper chamber to discuss the proposal.