on death bill on the return of capital punishment must
be anchored on its me t and context. with an aim to deter heinous crimes. By Rio hl. nra.ia "Our main objective here is how to preyent arimes, especially heinous ones, HOUSE Spcaker Alar Peter Cayetano on Sunday assurctl lhe public of a "very in our country," the Taguig-Pateros con- gressman said. hedlthy" debate orl the clivisive issrie of the rcstorarion ofthe death pellalty. , The discourse on death ponalty must be centered on crime prevention, and not as Presidcnt Rodrigo Dutette had asked i'an end by itself," said the Speaker Congless durilrg his fourth State ofthe "So while we are deciding as a nation, Natir:r Adtlress last week that capital whether we.reinstitute death penalry let's punishmerl be reslored tbl illegal drug ill help each other to lower the incidence cases and plurderers. bf crime. There are so manJ simple so- Cayetano \owed to allow all stake- lutigns. For example, anJmhere that is lroldcr': to )pcal( ouL. lttd slurr tltcir well-lighted has 30 percent Iess crime. opinion, bclic[and stand. - Jult tight up every coroer (of the street). "When it coords 10 lhe death penalty, Ifyou are a criminal, you (obviously want I can prcnrise the public whether you to) hide," he said. are pro or againsl that there rvould be a The Speaker urged groups rejecting vcry hcaithy clcbate bele atthe House of capital punishment to 'lpray and work Represertatjves," he said. hard" on approaches to make cdme mte 'lhe Spealier uraillained the debate go dbwn, such as the massive installation . Next psge of closed circuit television cameras and intensified drive against drugs. "To those who want war against death petralty, continue to pmy but also work hard for peace and order because the Prcs- idenL believes on death penalq. This so . because drugs still goes on, and that there is still crime even its rate has dropped a lot," said Cayetano, a Fofessed Chdstian.