Rights body, Catholic church urge new senators to reject death penalty
Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 18 08:58 PM
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) are expressing fears that the new composition of the Senate would just become a rubber stamp for President Rodrigo Duterte’s legislative priorities, including their much-criticized death penalty.
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