Para mabitay din ang mga dayuhang sangkot sa pagkakalat ng ilegal na droga sa Pilipinas--tulad ng mga Tsino--nais ni Surigao del Norte Representative Robert Ace Barbers na ibalik na ang parusang kamatayan sa bansa.
Ginawa ni Barbers ang pahayag kasunod ng pagbitay ng China sa dalawang Pinoy na nahatulan ng kamatayan dahil sa pagpuslit doon ng shabu noong 2013.
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“We urge the two Houses of Congress to take a serious look at the reimposition of the death penalty, most especially on drug related offenses. Our kababayans convicted in foreign lands for drug trafficking are almost always executed while we extend kid gloves treatment if not VIP treatment to foreigners, especially Chinese nationals, who are apprehended and convicted of the same offense here,” sabi ni Barbers, pinuno ng House Committee on Dangerous Drugs.
Taong 2006 nang ibasura ng Pilipinas ang death penalty sa bansa.
“There should be a similar punishment imposed on these foreign nationals as well as fellow Filipinos who introduce drugs into the country. If other countries treat illegal drugs as a threat to their citizenry and the whole society, why are we so soft in treating this menace in our own territory?,” dagdag pa ni Barbers.
Ayon sa kongresista, mas malala ang ginagawa umano ng mga Chinese na nagpapakalat ng ilegal na droga sa Pilipinas pero wala pa kahit isa na binitay sa bansa.
“We have yet to see one Chinese convict being executed to deter others from committing such a heinous crime. It seems that we have accepted all the exports from China, from POGOs (Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations) to illegal gambling and kidnapping syndicates, sleeper cells, illegal drugs and what have you," giniit ni Barbers.
“It is obvious that we have become the dumping ground of the scums in their society, yet we seem to be oblivious to what they are doing to our country. Our eyes seem to be wide shut,” dagdag niya.
Noong 1973, hinatulan ng parusang kamatayan sa pamamagitan ng firing squad ni dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Sr., ang Chinese drug lord na si Lim Seng.
Ang pagbaril kay Lim Seng, ipinalabas pa noon sa telebisyon para magsilbing babala sa mga magkakalat ng ilegal na droga sa bansa.
Sa hiwalay na pahayag, nagpahayag ng kalungkutan ang Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) at Coalition Against the Death Penalty (CADP), sa sinapit ng dalawang Pinoy na binitay sa China.
“We join the bereaved families to offer condolences to family members executed and are grateful for the Philippine Government’s efforts to exhaust appeals for commuting the punishment. We urge the governments of both China and the Philippines to be more transparent in providing information about the status of persons on death row, the charges they are facing, and the conditions they are in,” anang mga grupo.
“Every opportunity should be given for the prisoners or their loved ones to seek legal counsel, or for lawyers to step forward to aid families who are often overwhelmed and at a loss, or do not have enough resources to engage adequate legal representation. Timely information about persons on death row is also crucial in harnessing support to call for reprieves, commutations of stays of execution,” patuloy nila.—FRJ, GMA Integrated News
