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BACOLOD City – Bishop Patricio Buzon urged the Catholic faithful to pray that the bill seeking the reimposition of the death penalty will not be approved.
Buzon led a rally and procession against the proposal here.
Around 1,500 priests, religious men and women, parishioners, lay leaders, and teachers and students from Catholic schools participated.
They paraded around the city public plaza toward the San Sebastian Cathedral on Monday.
The Diocese of Bacolod leader called on lawmakers to oppose the revival of capital punishment.
Last week the House of Representatives justice committee, voting 12-6-1, approved the bill restoring death penalty for heinous crimes. Next year the House will tackle the measure in a plenary.
Buzon presided over a concelebrated mass that coincided with the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, considered the patroness of the prolife movements.
The prayer rally started the diocesan-wide education campaign against the death penalty.
House Bill No. 1, or the Death Penalty bill, identifies the heinous crimes for which the death penalty will be imposed: trafficking illegal drugs, arson, treason, murder, rape, kidnapping, and carnapping, among others. Execution may be through hanging, firing squad or lethal injection.
Death penalty was stopped in 2006 with the enactment of Republic Act 9346, or the Act Prohibiting the Imposition of Death Penalty in the Philippines. (PNA)
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