Gomez eyes death penalty for drug traffickers, scrapping of plea bargains

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Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez wants to pursue a bill in the 19th Congress that would impose the death penalty on foreign drug traffickers.

On top of this, the neophyte congressman said Monday, July 18 that he wants to do away with plea bargains, which he claims devalues the work of anti-illegal drug authorities.

“It has to be very strong, it has to be very stiff yung penalty if you really want to curb yung problem of drugs,” he said of his envisioned law, which provides for the use of capital punishment on offenders.Asked if the bill he wants to file would solely punish foreigners who bring in narcotics, the movie actor-turned-solon clarified that Filipinos would also be covered by his proposal.

Plea bargains are agreements between defendants and prosecutors in which defendants agree to enter a “guilty” plea to some or all of the charges against them in exchange for concessions from the prosecutors.

 

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