Ally: Duterte to Restore Death Penalty if He Wins the Presidency
Amid both praises and criticisms surrounding the Davao City Strongman Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, his ally says the mayor’s ultimate solution to ongoing crimes is death penalty.
Duterte’s partymate, Martin Diño says Duterte’s ultimate goal is to eliminate all criminals through legal means and that could only be materialized by reinstating the capital punishment.
Chairman of Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC), and Duterte’s ally Martin Diño told ANC The World Tonight that the Mayor and future president Rodrigo Duterte plans to restore the death penalty within six months after he wins the election.
Diño added that if the death penalty is restored, he will implement the system weekly against rapist-killers, drug lords, carnapper-killers, and riding-in-tandem criminals.
He also added that their party PDP-Laban will push federalism, economic improvements, and peace and order measures under the Duterte government.
Duterte is considered by many as a strong candidate after he filed his Certificate of Candidacy last week. His chance increased after Grace Poe was disqualified by the COEMELEC over lack of number of years of residency needed as a candidate for the highest position.
Duterte also lead in the latest survey conducted by Pulse Asia by a considerable margin.
The Philippine government is spending millions and even billions of pesos annually in feeding and housing criminals inside prison facilities, and Duterte wanted to lower that budget and use the money in other useful things if he wins in the coming presidential elections.
