{"id":4433,"date":"2016-06-04T21:47:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T21:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=4433"},"modified":"2016-06-04T21:47:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T21:47:27","slug":"duterte-execution-by-hanging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=4433","title":{"rendered":"Duterte: Execution by hanging"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shoot-to-kill will be ordered vs organized crimes; Church, Human Rights group frown at proposal<\/em><\/p>\n

Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte wants to introduce executions by hanging as part of a crackdown that will also include ordering military snipers to kill suspected criminals.<\/p>\n

In press conferences since his victory in May 9 elections, the tough-talking Davao City mayor said security forces would be given \u201cshoot-to-kill\u201d orders and that citizens would learn to fear the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who destroy the lives of our children will be destroyed,\u201d Duterte said in wide-ranging comments to reporters in Davao as he outlined his war on crime once he is sworn into office on June 30.<\/p>\n

He vowed to roll out Davao law-and-order measures on a nationwide basis, including a 2 a.m. curfew on drinking in public places and a ban on children walking on the streets alone late at night. Smoking in restaurants and hotels will also be banned.<\/p>\n

Duterte said a central part of his war on crime would be to bring back the death penalty, which was abolished in 2006 under then-president Gloria Arroyo.<\/p>\n

The incoming president said he would ask Congress to reintroduce capital punishment for a wide range of crimes, including drug trafficking, rape, murder, robbery, and kidnapping-for-ransom.<\/p>\n

He said he preferred death by hanging to a firing squad because he did not want to waste bullets, and because he believed snapping the spine with a noose was more humane.<\/p>\n

Duterte likewise warned the policemen who are into drug business to stop the illegal trade and quit the service. \u201cPlease don\u2019t do it, or you will be sorry,\u201d he said adding that there are some generals and policemen who are into drug activities. He advised them to retire so they can still receive (retirement) money. \u201cYou will not only lose your funds but you will also lose your life,\u201d Duterte warned erring police officers.<\/p>\n

Only God has power over life<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s plan to revive death penalty and order shoot-to-kill against organized crimes and those who resist arrest drew strong opposition from the Catholic Church leaders. Bataan Bishop Ruperto Santos and Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles rejected Duterte\u2019s plan. Santos called on the incoming President not to play God. \u201cOnly God has power over life. No one should play God,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n

Human Rights<\/strong><\/p>\n

Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairman Chito Gascon said any proposal to reinstate the death penalty must be undertaken in accordance with the 1987 Constitution that had it abolished and later reinstated by Congress for heinous crimes only.<\/p>\n

Death Squad Fears<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duterte has been accused of running vigilante death squads during his more than two decades as mayor of Davao, a city of about two million people that he says he has turned into one of the nation\u2019s safest. Rights groups say the squads \u2014 made up of police, hired assassins and ex-communist rebels \u2014 have killed more than 1,000 people.<\/p>\n

They say children and petty criminals were among the victims. Duterte boasted on one occasion during the campaign of being behind the squads, saying they killed 1,700 people. But other times he denied any involvement. (Source: <\/strong>Agence France-Presse<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shoot-to-kill will be ordered vs organized crimes; Church, Human Rights group frown at proposal Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte wants to introduce executions by hanging as part of a crackdown that will also include ordering military snipers to kill suspected criminals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}