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Position Paper in Esp
Position Paper in Esp
The Philippines was the first Asian country to abolish the death
penalty under the 1987 Constitution, but it was re-imposed
during the administration of President Fidel Ramos to address
the rising crime rate in 1993, only to be abolished again in 2006
after then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed a law
reducing maximum punishment to life imprisonment.
However, after his election in May 2016, the new President Rodrigo
Duterte has given public support to the reintroduction of the death
penalty. On 7 March 2017, the House of Representatives
overwhelmingly voted in favour of a bill to that effect. Senators,
including PGA Members, spoke out against efforts to reinstate the
death penalty and managed to block the adoption of the bill. The
Philippines have ratified both the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights (ICCPR) in 1986 and its Second Optional Protocol
aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (ICCPR-OP2) in 2007.
Ang parusang bitay ay kailanman hindi nagsilbi sa kapakanan ng hustisya; bagkus, ito’y ginamit
upang kitlin ang mga kalayaan at karapatan ng mamamayang Pilipino. Mula sa panahon ng mga
Kastila hanggang sa panahon ni Marcos, ang parusang bitay ay ginamit sa politikal at ekonomikong
paniniil.