You could say that the mere thought of it is already dead on arrival at President Noynoy Aquino’s doorstep.
“With the debate over the restoration of the death penalty heating up anew, President Benigno Aquino III reiterated that he is against it,” reports ANC.
The report noted that “Senator Tito Sotto earlier filed a bill seeking to revive capital punishment saying life imprisonment has failed to stop heinous crimes.” As such, people have been talking about the subject.
Aquino explained that he’s also worried about wrongful convictions because the country’s justice system still needs to be strengthened.
“Hanggang hindi tayo nakakatiyak na talagang nabigyan lahat ng kanyang hustong karapatan para ipagtanggol ang kanyang sarili, ‘yung sinentensyahan ng kamatayan, wala nang bawian ‘yun. So palagay ko, kailangan pag-aralan nang husto ‘yan (Until we can’t ensure that everyone has been given a fair trial and that every means of defending one’s rights has been given, I don’t think we should resort to the death penalty. That’s such a final decision and there’s no going back. So, I think, it has to be studied further),” he said.
Screengrab from an ANC video
