Rape was dropped from the pool of offenses covered by death penalty.
The House of Representatives on Monday agreed to impose death penalty exclusive only for 3 offenses namely; drug-related crimes, plunder, and treason.
"Ang napagkasunduan we whittle it down to a minimum number of offenses muna so 3. Drug related offenses and then plunder and then treason. Yun yung compelling reasons muna," House Majority Leader Rodolfo Farinas said.
However, the House majority justified that cutting off other offenses will be for the mean time only.
Farinas added that they could easily add it as soon as the Senate approves the bill.
"Kami ang posisyon ni Speaker, whittle natin sa bare minimum tingnan natin kung papasa sa Senate kasi if we include so many offenses and di maski isa di papasa sa Senate," he claimed.
It was previously announced that plunder will be dropped from the list but was kept after the said caucus.
"Sinama namin to maintain it in the bill. The media kasi had the notion that it was removed from the bill," Fariñas explained.
He also noted that they did not remove anything from the bill, it still includes plunder and 20 other offenses.
Source: ABS-CBN
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