Press Release
July 24, 2019

EFFECTIVENESS OF LAW IS DETERMINED NOT BY ITS RUTHLESSNESS, BUT BY ITS SURENESS

*Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros on proposals to reimpose the death penalty

Hanggang ang ating sistema ay korap, pumapatay ng mga inosente gaya nina Kian delos Santos at nagbubulag-bulagan sa mga big-time druglords gaya ni Peter Lim at patuloy na nagpupuslit ng droga sa ating mga ports, lalong walang garantiya na magiging epektibo ang death penalty para sugpuin ang krimen. Bibiktimahin lamang nito ang mga mahihirap.

Kahit pa ilimita ang parusahang kamatayan sa mga druglords at mandarambong, walang katiyakan na matutugunan nito ang problema sa droga at pagnanakaw sa kaban ng bayan. Oo, wala ngang mahirap na druglord pero hanggang balukot at panig sa mayaman at makapangyarihan ang ating sistema, patuloy na makakalusot ang malalaking isda.

The sustainable solution lies in reforming our overall justice and criminal system to ensure that the law will be applied swiftly and evenly and ensure that the rights of every individual are protected. The real deterrent to crime is the certainty that druglords and plunderers will be arrested, prosecuted and punished. Kung may nagkasala, dapat may pantay na parusa, mahirap man o mayaman.

This must go hand in hand with the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill and the implementation of much-needed budget reforms so that the bureaucracy cannot hide details about spending from public scrutiny and to prevent the unscrupulous practice of realigning funds to dubious allocations or reallocations.

The effectiveness of the law is determined not by its harshness or ruthlessness, but by its sureness.

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