Intensified closed-circuit TV (CCTV) public surveillance would go a longer way in suppressing crime than the restoration of the death penalty, according to a lawmaker.

“We would prefer any day a surveillance state over an executioner state,” House Senior Deputy Minority Leader and Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza said over the weekend.

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