MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Sunday said it was ready to have a “frank and factual” conversation with Congress regarding the possible restoration of death penalty in the country. While he wants President Rodrigo Duterte to intensify against the “war on drugs,” Locsin said “the death penalty kills the wrong people.”“In [the] death chamber we the people are the killers. Anyone wants the death penalty must plunge the needle himself in his own name and blame,” he tweeted on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENTAs former Makati representative, Locsin said he voted to abolish the death penalty in 2006 during the administration of former President and now House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. When he ran in 2016, the President had vowed to restore the death penalty for drug traffickers.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 19, 2019 21:33 UTC