CONVINCED that the rise in the incidents of heinous crimes in the country is proof that the imposition of life imprisonment failed to deter criminality, deputy minority leader Vicente Sotto 3rd, is now pushing for the reinstatement of the death penalty, a move that may put him on a collision course with the Church.

In filing Senate Bill 2080 or an act imposing death penalty in the Philippines, Sotto noted that the penalty of death is appropriately necessary "due to the alarming upsurge of such crimes which has resulted not only in the loss of human lives and wanton destruction of property but also affected the nation's efforts towards sustainable economic development and prosperity.

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