President Rodrigo Duterte is likely to certify as urgent the bill seeking to reinstate the death penalty, his spokesman said on Tuesday.

Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte wanted to reinstate capital punishment for heinous crimes related to drugs and corruption because he thinks it would mitigate the country’s problems.

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