Alejano files bill qualifying media killings as crime under Revised Penal Code 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Charissa Luci-AtienzaMagdalo partylist Rep. Gary Alejano has filed a bill seeking to qualify the killing of members of broadcast and print media in the exercise of their functions as a crime of murder punishable under the Revised Penal Code. “They speak of the evils that nobody seems to notice or even care for and this places them on the sights of degenerate men who would prefer that they keep their silence as they continue to do their usual dirty business,” Alejano said. “Knowing this and acknowledging that a free press is critical in maintaining a strong and vibrant democracy, it must therefore be the government’s imperative to protect the right of the press to shine light on the undiscovered truths of the country, ” he said. He said under his proposed measure, the Revised Penal Code shall be amended to include the killing of the broadcast and print media members as murder punishable under Article 248 of the Code.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 20, 2018 06:22 UTC