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Philippine Police Officers President-elect Rodrigo Duterte Wednesday stressed the need to revive the death penalty, which he said, would ser...

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Australian Damian John Berg arrested on drugs charges in Philippines as nation prepares to bring in the death penalty

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Catholic bishops challenge Duterte over death penalty

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Catholic bishops challenge Duterte over death penalty

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Rodrigo Duterte The Catholic Church in the Philippines will petition the new president against reintroducing the death penalty in the countr...

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Philippines: Legal & international complications over the death penalty

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Philippines: Legal & international complications over the death penalty

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Rodrigo Duterte IN 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a "moratorium on the use of the death penalty" in member coun...

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Philippines: 'Alcatraz' for drug lords pushed

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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kH4aNKpbZcjI3OXbZU7hifyjPZagPUhtxO9KtXMreLV_wbY9Py7fDzp9I5BMQFQ0Wh60y6LiS8KHvj_oeCwrOPjhsRPZHKD2HhL7PiMW4H6V_2iVU2U-9UlwjOpCd8vvI0f_Jzej1jU/s1600/New+Bilibid+Prison+in+Muntinlupa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kH4aNKpbZcjI3OXbZU7hifyjPZagPUhtxO9KtXMreLV_wbY9Py7fDzp9I5BMQFQ0Wh60y6LiS8KHvj_oeCwrOPjhsRPZHKD2HhL7PiMW4H6V_2iVU2U-9UlwjOpCd8vvI0f_Jzej1jU/s400/New+Bilibid+Prison+in+Muntinlupa.jpg" title="New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Of the country's 7,107 islands, 1 can have a special purpose.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sen. Vicente Sotto III said he would start his stint in the 17th Congress by reviving his proposal to have an "Alcatraz-style" prison island for convicted drug traffickers, who could allegedly still run their lucrative business from the national penitentiary in Muntinlupa City.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sotto on Wednesday said he would refile his Senate Bill No. 3326 on July 1. The bill calls for the segregation of so-called VIP prisoners, who would otherwise be sent to the lethal injection chamber if the country is still imposing capital punishment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If passed, he said, the bill would do away with the need to reimpose the death penalty on high-level drug lords, as being espoused by incoming President Rodrigo Duterte.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Speaking at the Kapihan sa Senado forum, Sotto said the proposal to reimpose the death penalty would not be retroactive and thus not applicable to convicted drug lords who continue to find ways to operate behind bars.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even if there was optimism that the Senate measure might be passed in 3 to 5 months, Sotto said there was no assurance that the death penalty would be implemented because some groups would likely challenge it in the Supreme Court.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Still, he said, he intended to refile his bill in order to stop the continued operations of the drug convicts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Segregation is allowed by the Constitution," Sotto said. "If you segregate (high-level drug convicts) and establish a national penitentiary for high-level drug crimes, this will be more restrictive as they will be confined in 1 place and they can be watched closely."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"If they are confined in a rocky island in Palawan ... Alcatraz-style, they cannot operate anymore. There will be no phones, no cell sites."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This would be a big change from their current condition at New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa, which is also coping with overcrowding and "where a lot of things are happening," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: Philippine Inquirer, June 16, 2016</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Gabriela to join 'super majority' despite opposition to death penalty</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Although it is joining the "super majority" coalition in the incoming Congress, Gabriela Women's party-list will still oppose President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's plan to reinstate the death penalty. Gabriela party-list Rep. Emmi de Jesus said the group is against bringing back capital punishment since the state of the country's justice system leaves much to be desired.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The revival of death penalty is 1 of the 3 priority measures of the Duterte administration, the other 2 being the shift to federalism and the lowering the age of criminal responsibility for minors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite disagreeing with Duterte's stand on the death penalty, De Jesus said Gabriela and other progressive party-list organizations under the Makabayan bloc will be part of the super majority coalition led by the emerging dominant party, the PDP-Laban. She said their decision was borne out of optimism to give Duterte's administration a chance to make good on his promises.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, the lawmaker maintained that their membership in the majority bloc is not tantamount to keeping silent on pressing issues.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, Duterte's choice as the next Speaker, said at least 200 lawmakers from various political parties have joined the super majority bloc in the House. Its size is expected to help fast-track the passage of the incoming administration's priority bills.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For his part, Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat said he is hopeful that the minority bloc in the incoming Congress will actively do its role in holding the Duterte administration accountable no matter how small its composition will be.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I hope the minority will become the fearless few," said the Liberal Party stalwart, who has expressed his desire to become part of the minority.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alvarez earlier said he plans to reduce the membership of the House minority coalition to a "bitesize" of around 20 lawmakers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among the parties that have expressed interest in joining the minority is the United Nationalist Alliance of Vice President Jejomar Binay. LP, meanwhile, is in talks with PDP-Laban to join the super majority coalition.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: gmanetwork.com, June 16, 2016</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Report an error, an omission:<a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com" target="_blank"> deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: small;"> - Follow us on <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b></span></div></div>

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New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa Of the country's 7,107 islands, 1 can have a special purpose. Sen. Vicente Sotto III said he would star...

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Philippines: Senators won't reimpose death penalty just to accommodate next president

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Philippines: Senators won't reimpose death penalty just to accommodate next president

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Some senators frowned yesterday on the idea of putting a sunset provision on the proposed restoration of the death penalty, saying lawmakers...

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Philippines: Death penalty may be here by Oct - Koko

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYHksdDiCOppMORfHPSjSBnskDljqtpfAv3ZNpJ0X3cTSC19YtU7eJzaclh4Cfhjv_KLQKHX4WYtUxeZEOQwVpu5b7mOJpI2HJB_Wlko4LyoQFNVKDlrWIlG5fDDvROIdv_2Y8z5rmJA/s1600/Duterte+election.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Duterte election" border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYHksdDiCOppMORfHPSjSBnskDljqtpfAv3ZNpJ0X3cTSC19YtU7eJzaclh4Cfhjv_KLQKHX4WYtUxeZEOQwVpu5b7mOJpI2HJB_Wlko4LyoQFNVKDlrWIlG5fDDvROIdv_2Y8z5rmJA/s400/Duterte+election.jpg" title="Duterte election" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is big chance for the Senate to pass a measure that would pave way for the revival of the death penalty in the country, and presumptive Senate President Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel 3rd expects to have it passed by October this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to Pimentel, the proposal seeking to reimpose capital punishment is set to be filed on July 25, the opening of the first legislative session of the 17th Congress, and have it referred to the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The committee will then conduct a series of consultations and public hearings by August, introduced it to the plenary by September and pass it on 3rd and final reading by October.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Theoretically, Yes," Pimentel said, when asked if it is possible for the Senate to pass the death penalty proposal in 3 months.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The reimposition of the death penalty is one of the priority measures of incoming President Rodrigo Duterte.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Duterte, in a recent news conference, said he would ask lawmakers to approve the capital punishment for heinous crimes, such as drug-related offenses and rape.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But aside from reviving the death penalty, he wants the punishment carried out through hanging.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Incoming Sen. Panfilo Lacson in a separate text message said it is possible for the Senate to pass the proposal reimposing the capital punishment but not within the suggested timeline of Pimentel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, Lacson added that he is for the revival of the death penalty but not in the manner Duterte wants it to be carried out.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said aside from the capital punishment being inhumane, he does not want the people to witness medieval age-like executions even of the most notorious criminals.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lacson, based on an initial list of Senate committee chairmanships released by Sen. Vicente Sotto 3rd on Thursday, will be heading the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"What I can assure them is that once the bill is referred to the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs assuming that it will be the designated committee, and again, assuming that I will chair the same, I will conduct continuous public hearings and floor deliberations until [they reach their] logical conclusion," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lacson added that the final version will depend on the issues involved and how firm his colleagues would stand on the matter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Several lawmakers have expressed their respective positions on the issue and while some are not in favor of the death penalty, they remain open to study the proposal to revive it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Senator Juan Edgardo Angara said he is willing to study the proposal but, for him, the only way to deter crimes is through "ensuring certainty of arrest and prosecution."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sen. Ralph Recto said he is against the capital punishment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He, however, added that he might reconsider his position if majority of his colleagues would support the proposal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Assuming it will be restored, I will propose it be imposed only for six years or only during the term of President Duterte," Recto said in a text message on Friday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Outgoing Senate President Franklin Drilon said the he is against the reimposition of the death penalty but he is willing to listen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Personally I am against it because basically, I see an imperfect justice system where errors can be committed ... I am willing to listen because there are very strong proponents on both sides. We will come to a final decision when it goes to the floor for a vote," Drilon added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sen. Francis Escudero, who is likely to take the Senate minority leader post in the next Congress, is against the capital punishment, noting that it fails to recognize that guilty people have the potential to change, denying them the opportunity to rejoin society.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: Manila Times, June 10, 2016</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Chief Justice Sereno reminds Duterte: Legislation needed to restore death penalty</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Friday reminded President-elect Rodrigo Duterte that restoring the implementation of capital punishment or death penalty requires an act of Congress.<br /><br />Sereno said this following pronouncements from the president-elect that he plans to implement this measure for heinous crimes including robbery with rape within the next 6 months, and carry out at least 50 executions a month to deter crime.<br /><br />"I think our leader is realistic enough to know that the legislative process must be undertaken before he can even implement death penalty by hanging," Sereno told reporters after delivering a speech at the Supreme Court's founding anniversary.<br /><br />"Let's see. Congress is soon to open, and the political will and the logic of such a move, those will be maybe evident in the months to come," she said.<br /><br />Sereno assured the public that the judiciary would ensure that the constitutionally identified values of the people are upheld.<br /><br />The chief justice said she was eager to "see in what way that objectives of the government within the parameters of the Constitution can be met."<br /><br />Until such move from Congress to restore the death penalty is made, Sereno said the only thing the Supreme Court can do is keep mum on the matter.<br /><br />"Our role only comes in when a controversy is before us. Before that, we need to, as you already know, maintain our silence," she said.<br /><br />Key allies of Duterte have already expressed confidence in getting support from the legislature for his planned reforms, especially after successfully sealing alliances with several political parties to form what they termed as a "super majority" in Congress.<br /><br />The incoming president's camp had claimed more than 200 of the 290-member House of Representatives are now on Duterte's side while at least 17 out of 24 senators indicated their support for the incoming administration which will take power on June 30.<br /><br />Duterte's allies see the "super majority" giving a boost to Duterte's plans to shift the form of government from presidential to federal, relax restrictions on foreign ownership of certain businesses, and re-impose the death penalty for heinous crimes.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEab_w3D5jR4vIoAtZ5BtIUclKVBN1B5ZH3B0KyxojroJJh7pgAW9f8YCnffEY3w27udCMQmTBdG1j8NlmD_rOrrfhziFrbvAxoynwJSlaqsfCzJAGYhXtdnYnDBtqJkXm5adatY-U0Q/s1600/Drug+pushers+found+carrying+packs+of+%25E2%2580%259Cshabu%25E2%2580%259D+worth+P4+million+in+their+car+by+Quezon+City+Police.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEab_w3D5jR4vIoAtZ5BtIUclKVBN1B5ZH3B0KyxojroJJh7pgAW9f8YCnffEY3w27udCMQmTBdG1j8NlmD_rOrrfhziFrbvAxoynwJSlaqsfCzJAGYhXtdnYnDBtqJkXm5adatY-U0Q/s400/Drug+pushers+found+carrying+packs+of+%25E2%2580%259Cshabu%25E2%2580%259D+worth+P4+million+in+their+car+by+Quezon+City+Police.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>But Sereno insisted: "Until that is a law, it does not yet become a justiciable matter, and even if it becomes a law, of course, you already know the requirements before a justiciable matter ripens, is before us. Until then, we will really need to be, uh, keep our peace on this and observe."<br /><br />The 1987 Constitution prohibited the death penalty but allowed Congress to reinstate it "hereafter" for "heinous crimes" making the Philippines the first Asian country to abolish capital punishment.<br /><br />President Fidel V. Ramos promised during his campaign that he would support the re-introduction of the death penalty in response to increasing crime rates.<br /><br />A new law, drafted by Ramos' allies in Congress, restored capital punishment by defining "heinous crimes" as everything from murder to stealing a car.<br /><br />Executions resumed in 1999, starting with Leo Echegaray, who was put to death by lethal injection under the Estrada administration.<br /><br />Incidentally, it was in the Echegaray case when Duterte's ally, Martin Dino, initially shot to national prominence for acting as the guardian of Echegaray's daughter and victim.<br /><br />Republic Act 9346 signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2006 suspended the imposition of capital punishment.<br /><br />Source: gmanetwork.com, June 10, 2016<br /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Report an error, an omission:<a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com" target="_blank"> deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: small;"> - Follow us on <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Death-Penalty-News-206848499362906/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b></span></div></div>

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Duterte eyeing 50 executions every month - lawmaker

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSaVdAYljJgek6IgLWvmN3kVJVXDvf_Mv5K086HeVwV32GVWFwVM36OF-JUtTP_r6TcxrvX3E1Bobh3fFR7dHMKmupY8RJXGaWAT9sFAVU057uk1d1jDTnBfopjuwrDsdt1V3AOLsv8A/s1600/Rodrigo+Duterte_+tarpaulins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSaVdAYljJgek6IgLWvmN3kVJVXDvf_Mv5K086HeVwV32GVWFwVM36OF-JUtTP_r6TcxrvX3E1Bobh3fFR7dHMKmupY8RJXGaWAT9sFAVU057uk1d1jDTnBfopjuwrDsdt1V3AOLsv8A/s400/Rodrigo+Duterte_+tarpaulins.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Incoming president Rodrigo Duterte wants 50 convicts executed every month by hanging once Congress re-imposes the death penalty, representative-elect Danilo Suarez of Quezon said yesterday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"He feels that if at least 50 drug lords and other convicts are hanged every month, their execution will deter crime," he told the Usaping Balita forum at the Serye Cafe in Quezon City.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said Duterte revealed his plans during a meeting with 19 members of the House of Representatives led by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Tuesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said the nation's next leader told them that he would like Congress to restore the death penalty within 6 months or before year end.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said Duterte intends to certify a <a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2016/06/philippines-pro-death-penalty-bill.html" target="_blank">capital punishment re-imposition bill as urgent</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Suarez recalled that in the course of Tuesday's meeting, reelected Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., who is being groomed to chair the House appropriations committee, suggested that funds could be set aside for the rehabilitation of the death chamber at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa, where execution through lethal injection could be carried out.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"But the president-elect declared there was no need for it as he preferred hanging as mode of execution," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said if Congress enacts a bill lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 15, youth convicted of heinous crimes such as drug trafficking would be covered by the planned re-imposition of the death penalty.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon, another guest at the forum, said Duterte would not see the execution of convicted drug lords and other offenders in the early part of his administration.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"They have to go through the legal process. The offenders have to be convicted. Then there is the mandatory review of their conviction. Knowing our justice system, it will take time, maybe years," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said the death penalty, if Congress restores it, would be applied on future offenders, not on convicts serving time at Bilibid.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Suarez agreed with Ridon, but said if suspected drug lords choose to fight law enforcers, they would suffer death just the same.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"In our province, if there is a drug lord in a community and he is arrested, he is freed and is back to his illegal activities in a few days because he has bribed the judge and the prosecutor. This does not happen in Davao City (where Duterte is mayor)," Suarez said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said the incoming leader asked him, Belmonte and Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Farinas, who is being eyed as the next majority leader, to help incoming speaker Pantaleon Alvarez push for the return of capital punishment and other legislative priorities.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They said they promised to support Duterte's priority legislative measures.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ridon, who belongs to the Makabayan bloc, said their group would oppose the re-imposition of the death penalty.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I predict a showdown on this issue inside and outside Congress, what with the Catholic Church against the death penalty," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said there are also party-list representatives, including Lito Atienza of Buhay, who are opposed to capital punishment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I think it will face rough sailing," he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Pro-death penalty</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Returning senator Panfilo Lacson yesterday said he supports the reimposition of the death penalty for heinous crimes but not by hanging as proposed by Duterte.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lacson said he finds the penalty "too medieval."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Senate President Franklin Drilon, for his part, said he is open to a discussion on the proposal to restore the death penalty in the country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, he said that this is not a decision that should be rushed because it carries with it very serious implications.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>'Uphold rule of law'</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Acting Justice Secretary Emmanuel Caparas is hopeful that the administration of Duterte will respect and uphold the rule of law.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In a press conference yesterday, he urged critics to give Duterte a chance to perform his duties amid criticisms on his manner of speaking and perceived inhuman anti-criminality policies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Let's give the incoming president a chance. If after several months or years we see something wrong, then that's the time we speak. For now, let's allow him to do his job," Caparas stressed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The outgoing Department of Justice (DOJ) chief revealed that he already met with his successor, Vitaliano Aguirre II, for the transition of administration.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We had 2 productive sessions. He strikes me as a man who wants to get to the bottom of things immediately. As what he said in the media, he would like to prioritize cases on drugs and graft and corruption," he bared.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Caparas also dispelled fears of the DOJ dropping from its witnesses protection program (WPP) the witness on alleged anomalies in the administration of detained former president and re-elected Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, a known ally of Duterte.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: PhilippineStar, June 10, 2016</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Report an error, an omission:<a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com" target="_blank"> deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: small;"> - Follow us on <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Death-Penalty-News-206848499362906/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b></span></div></div>

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<div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CVu5neFHv80Qjie3zXEx_0v02mmZkqmLOGpw2Pj6WZ4D9oi104S3qz3iJ-vwa2GttaeVL4QhRT4XCT0p4Nb75fTb_p5pUBRpBd3wQJvnK5AKZOPk69r6xet5KPOkBhpqENC_Gj-63U4/s1600/Drug+pushers+found+carrying+packs+of+%25E2%2580%259Cshabu%25E2%2580%259D+worth+P4+million+in+their+car+by+Quezon+City+Police.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Drug pushers found carrying packs of “shabu” worth P4 million in their car by Quezon City Police, Philippines." border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CVu5neFHv80Qjie3zXEx_0v02mmZkqmLOGpw2Pj6WZ4D9oi104S3qz3iJ-vwa2GttaeVL4QhRT4XCT0p4Nb75fTb_p5pUBRpBd3wQJvnK5AKZOPk69r6xet5KPOkBhpqENC_Gj-63U4/s400/Drug+pushers+found+carrying+packs+of+%25E2%2580%259Cshabu%25E2%2580%259D+worth+P4+million+in+their+car+by+Quezon+City+Police.jpg" title="Drug pushers found carrying packs of “shabu” worth P4 million in their car by Quezon City Police, Philippines." width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Drug pushers found carrying packs of “shabu” worth P4 million in their car</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Quezon City Police, Philippines.</div></td></tr></tbody></table>A bill calling for the revival of the death penalty may be passed by the House of Representatives within the year, after President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, its staunch proponent, sought the help of the chamber's leaders to pass it, a lawmaker said Thursday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In an interview, Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez said passing the bill "is doable in three to four months," adding that he expects around 80 percent of his colleagues to vote for the bill during congressional deliberations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Suarez was among the lawmakers Duterte met in Davao City last Tuesday to discuss the bills he would certify as urgent. Also in attendance were House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas, among others.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Suarez said the proposed measure reinstating capital punishment is the first priority bill Duterte — the outgoing mayor of Davao City known for his strong anti-crime stance — wants to be passed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Ang una ay ‘yung death penalty. He mentioned how serious this problem [on criminality] was already," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Quezon lawmaker, a stalwart of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), is eyeing to become the Minority Floor Leader in the incoming 17th Congress, while Alvarez has picked Fariñas to become the Majority Leader.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since Duterte’s allies in the Senate and House of Representatives have clinched the support of a “super majority” of their colleagues, Suarez said the legislative branch should be able to fast track the passage of a measure on capital punishment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Death by hanging</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During their meeting in Davao City, Suarez recalled that Duterte expressed preference for carrying out the death penalty through hanging rather than lethal injection.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said the President-elect was convinced that bringing back capital punishment would go a long way in curbing criminality.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"He articulated on the death penalty, saying it will be a strong deterrent if we will be hanging 50 [persons] a month," Suarez said. "Ang sabi pa nga niya kung hindi niya maso-solve ang criminality, mahihirapan siyang magawa ang mga gusto niya sa gobyerno."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Asked on how Duterte would be able to carry out his goal of executing 50 convicts monthly considering that obtaining a conviction for death penalty takes years, Suarez said what the President-elect likely meant is the swift elimination of drug lords.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“What he’s (Duterte) saying is elimination of big drug lords ASAP. If I can read between the lines, palagay ko regardless of how he’ll do it, he will be Machiavellian. The end justifies the means,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Expect a showdown</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For his part, Kabataan party-list Rep. Terry Ridon believes passing a pro-death penalty bill could hit a few bumps even if Duterte’s allies gain control of Congress.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I think there’s going to be a showdown on the death penalty. Even if there’s a super majority in Congress, the public will [not] take this sitting down. I’m quite certain interest groups like the Church, human rights organizations— including those within Bayan (Bagong Alyansang Makabayan) — will be going to the streets and protesting," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While admitting that he will no longer be part of the next Congress, Ridon said he is sure the progressive Makabayan bloc would remain critical of the measure even if it joins the super majority coalition.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I'm quite certain that members of the Makabayan bloc— assuming they will be part of the majority— will raise the difficult questions on death penalty, particularly on the question of how we can be certain that those who will be subjected to it ought to be convicted for their crimes," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: <a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/569349/news/nation/pro-death-penalty-bill-could-be-passed-in-3-to-4-months-solon" target="_blank">GMA News</a>, June 9, 2016</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Drug lords want Duterte, new police chief dead for $1.1m</span></b><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhstEr204g0CXz541o00JhwFvqAredBV1Jjjjl8s6iEbA15PfLyzovyrEd3ktbiYebuqhmY7ujQur-d4Jrf7nbmcHoG67SrsKH-XJEjMwxes_Tn3F6qmFih3wLPRxq5FMwLFdvBNJ_A-w/s1600/Duterte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rodrigo Duterte" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhstEr204g0CXz541o00JhwFvqAredBV1Jjjjl8s6iEbA15PfLyzovyrEd3ktbiYebuqhmY7ujQur-d4Jrf7nbmcHoG67SrsKH-XJEjMwxes_Tn3F6qmFih3wLPRxq5FMwLFdvBNJ_A-w/s400/Duterte.jpg" title="Rodrigo Duterte" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rodrigo Duterte</td></tr></tbody></table>The incoming chief of the Philippine National Police said that drug lords who want him and President-elect Rodrigo Duterte dead have increased the bounty to their heads.<br /><br />Incoming Philippine National Police (PNP) director Chief Supt. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa remains unfazed by the reported assassination threats against him and President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.<br /><br />In an interview on ANC’s “Headstart” on Thursday, Dela Rosa said that the bounties for him and for Duterte had been raised from 10 million pesos (US$218,000) to 50 million pesos (US$1.09 million) because there were no takers.<br /><br />“As of yesterday [Wednesday], they increased the bounty to 50 million pesos. Fifty million pesos for Mayor Duterte, 50 million pesos for me. They increased it because they could not find any takers. No takers wanted the 10 million pesos, so they increased it to 50 million pesos,” Dela Rosa said.<br /><br />Dela Rosa earlier claimed that the bounties were offered by drug lords incarcerated at the New Bilibid Prison.<br /><br />“Bring it on, really. Bring it on. Okay, it has gotten bigger—50 million. Okay, you come. Bring it on anytime—anytime of the day, any place,” he said.<br /><br />The former Davao police chief has shrugged off the threats against him, even joking that he is “not that handsome” to fear death.<br /><br />“Am I that handsome that I would be afraid to die? I am not afraid to die,” he told reporters on Wednesday.<br /><br />Dela Rosa vowed that with or without the 5 million-peso bounty offered by Duterte for the death of drug lords, he would stamp out illegal drugs and criminality.<br /><br />“Whether there is a 5 million-peso reward or not, those drug lords will be killed if they fight,” he said in a separate Radyo Inquirer interview.<br /><br />The President-elect first broached the idea of a 5 million-peso bounty for the killing of a drug lord during his thanksgiving party in Davao City last weekend.<br /><br />“If you kill a drug lord, you will receive 5 million pesos. If a drug lord is arrested alive, the informant receives just 4,999,000 pesos,” Duterte told a crowd of around 500,000 people during his victory party at the Crocodile Park.<br /><br />He also said that he would offer millions of pesos worth of bounty to anyone who could kill or arrest drug traffickers. <br /><br />Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer, Aries Joseph Hegina, June 9, 2016<br /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Report an error, an omission:<a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com" target="_blank"> deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: small;"> - Follow us on <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Death-Penalty-News-206848499362906/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b></span></div></div>

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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhstEr204g0CXz541o00JhwFvqAredBV1Jjjjl8s6iEbA15PfLyzovyrEd3ktbiYebuqhmY7ujQur-d4Jrf7nbmcHoG67SrsKH-XJEjMwxes_Tn3F6qmFih3wLPRxq5FMwLFdvBNJ_A-w/s1600/Duterte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rodrigo Duterte" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhstEr204g0CXz541o00JhwFvqAredBV1Jjjjl8s6iEbA15PfLyzovyrEd3ktbiYebuqhmY7ujQur-d4Jrf7nbmcHoG67SrsKH-XJEjMwxes_Tn3F6qmFih3wLPRxq5FMwLFdvBNJ_A-w/s400/Duterte.jpg" title="Rodrigo Duterte" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rodrigo Duterte</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">The Philippine president-elect has encouraged the public to help him in his war against crime, urging citizens with guns to shoot and kill drug dealers who resist arrest and fight back in their neighborhoods.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In a nationally televised speech late Saturday, Rodrigo Duterte told a huge crowd in the southern city of Davao that Filipinos who help him battle crime will be rewarded.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Please feel free to call us, the police, or do it yourself if you have the gun — you have my support,” Duterte said, warning of an extensive illegal drug trade that involves even the country's police.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If a drug dealer resists arrest or refuses to be brought to a police station and threatens a citizen with a gun or a knife, “you can kill him,” Duterte said. “Shoot him and I'll give you a medal.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 71-year-old Duterte won the May 9 presidential election on a bold promise to end crime and corruption within six months of the start of his presidency. That vow resonated among crime-weary Filipinos, though police officials considered it campaign rhetoric that was impossible to accomplish.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Human rights watchdogs have expressed alarm that his anti-crime drive may lead to widespread rights violations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Duterte, a longtime Davao mayor, has been suspected of playing a role in many killings of suspected criminals in his city by motorcycle-riding assassins known as the “Davao death squads,” but human rights watchdogs say he has not been criminally charged because nobody has dared to testify against him in court.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In his speech on Saturday, Duterte asked three police generals based in the main national police camp in the capital to resign for involvement in crimes that he did not specify. He threatened to humiliate them in public if they did not quit and said he would order a review of dismissed criminal cases of active policemen, suggesting some may have bribed their way back onto the force.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“If you're still into drugs, I will kill you, don't take this as a joke. I'm not trying to make you laugh, son of a bitch, I will really kill you,” Duterte said to loud jeers and applause.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-philippine-president-drug-20160605-snap-story.html" target="_blank">Click here to read the full article</a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: L.A. Times, June 5, 2016</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Philippine president-elect says 'corrupt' journalists will be killed</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBncbUJK2HJel-39kQ9LFSnHp-bUTNrsz4EQe2GNwmYWL2nZGUZrIy9xfWaRC987XWTJvFwYxwtfoHKuBzZPaQFdVN6tYWoL8E4F3YwLojQgRWQNG3-ZMYRms5lqjZ1YnELLy-6QmCd7E/s1600/Philippine+National+Police.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Philippine National Police" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBncbUJK2HJel-39kQ9LFSnHp-bUTNrsz4EQe2GNwmYWL2nZGUZrIy9xfWaRC987XWTJvFwYxwtfoHKuBzZPaQFdVN6tYWoL8E4F3YwLojQgRWQNG3-ZMYRms5lqjZ1YnELLy-6QmCd7E/s400/Philippine+National+Police.jpg" title="Philippine National Police" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Philippine National Police</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">You won’t be harmed if you don’t do anything wrong, says Rodrigo Duterte, pledging to end crime in six months by assassinating criminals</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte said corrupt journalists were legitimate targets of assassination, as he amped up his controversial anti-crime crusade with offers of rewards for killing drug traffickers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Duterte won this month’s elections by a landslide largely due to an explosive law-and-order platform in which he pledged to end crime within six months by killing tens of thousands of suspected criminals.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The foul-mouthed politician has launched a series of post-election tirades against criminals and repeated his vows to kill them – particularly drug traffickers, rapists and murderers. In a press conference called on Tuesday to announce the new cabinet, in his southern hometown of Davao, Duterte said journalists who took bribes or engaged in other corrupt activities also deserved to die.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Just because you’re a journalist you are not exempted from assassination, if you’re a son of a bitch,” Duterte said when asked how he would address the problem of media killings in the Philippines, after a reporter was shot dead in Manila last week.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Philippines is one of the most dangerous nations in the world for journalists, with 174 murdered since a chaotic and corruption-plagued democracy replaced the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos three decades ago. “Most of those killed, to be frank, have done something. You won’t be killed if you don’t do anything wrong,” Duterte said, adding that many journalists in the Philippines were corrupt.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Duterte also said freedom of expression provisions in the constitution did not necessarily protect a person from violent repercussions for defamation. “That can’t be just freedom of speech. The constitution can no longer help you if you disrespect a person,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/31/philippine-president-elect-says-corrupt-journalists-will-be-killed?CMP=share_btn_fb" target="_blank">Click here to read the full article</a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: The Guardian, Agence France-Presse, May 31, 2016</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Former Sen. Pimentel: Death penalty better than extrajudicial killings</span></b></div><br />Although he is against bringing back the death penalty, former Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said Sunday that it will likely pass and will be better than extrajudicial killings.<br /><br />In an interview on radio dzBB, Pimentel said he believes convicted criminals should be made to pay for their crimes but should not be killed.<br /><br />He said that because of Duterte's popularity and the perceived popularity of the call to reimpose the death penalty for heinous crimes, it is likely that Congress will pass a law to bring it back.<br /><br />Pimentel stressed, though, that until a law is passed to bring back the death penalty, criminals should not be killed.<br /><br />The Commission on Human Rights has said that it opposes the reimposition of the death penalty because it is cruel punishment that the 1987 Constitution prohibits, because doing so is counter to international conventions that the Philippines is party to, and is not an effective deterrent of crime.<br /><br />Recent weeks have seen a rise in extrajudicial killings of people suspected, but not convicted, of being involved in crimes like drug trafficking.<br /><br /><b>'Charter change ASAP'</b><br /><br />In the same interview, Pimentel, who has been an advocate of federalism even while he was a senator, said it would be best that moves to amend the 1987 Constitution are done in the early days of the Duterte administration.<br /><br />He said that doing so would remove the perception that charter change is being done to remove term limits for elected officials, a charge that has accompanied proposals to amend the constitution in the past.<br /><br />He said the amendents to the constitution should focus on giving proposed local state governments more autonomy from the central government in Manila.<br /><br />Source: philstar.com, June 4, 2016<br /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Report an error, an omission:<a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com" target="_blank"> deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: small;"> - Follow us on <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Death-Penalty-News-206848499362906/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b></span></div></div>

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