No death penalty?

No
problem; just kill the
criminals
By: DJ Yap - Reporter / @deejayapINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:40 AM February 02, 2017

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said on Wednesday vigilante killings of alleged criminals

was fine with him in the absence of death penalty in the mostly Catholic country.

His statement came a day after the House leadership failed to start plenary debates on
the measure restoring the capital punishment for heinous crimes.

Alvarez said he was actually fine with vigilante killings of criminals who commit
evil deeds, citing the case of an Australian pedophile who was caught abusing street
children.
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If they (House members) dont want to pass it, then just kill it shoot to kill, Alvarez
said.

He said President Duterte told him during the Legislative-Executive Development

Advisory Council in Malacaang on Monday that there was nothing he could do if
Congress failed to pass the bill, one of the administrations priority measures.

On Tuesday, lawmakers opposed to the death penalty stalled the commencement of

debates using parliamentary tactics, such as questioning the quorum and delivering
privilege speeches on unrelated topics.

Leaders of the 293-seat chamber had tabled the measure for plenary deliberations right
at the start of the session, but the delays forced them to reschedule the debate for the
next day.

Alvarez said such tactics were par for the course, though he added that such methods
would not work forever.

As many as 50 lawmakers have expressed their intent to pose questions during the
debate, which is expected to last for a month.

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