Although majority of his colleagues want the Death...

Although majority of his colleagues want the Death Penalty Law abolished, Senator Rodolfo Biazon is for its retention. Biazon, vice chairman of the Senate committee on national defense and security, said that Armed Forces and National Police officers and personnel, including civilian government officials, who are engaged in armed smuggling or sale of any military hardware to enemies of the state, must be punished with death through lethal injection.
His suggestion is contained in Senate Bill 1606. Biazon, former chief of AFP, said the war crimes enumerated in the Articles of War be likewise included as heinous crimes under the Death Penalty Law. Biazon also pushed for the retention of the Death Penalty Law saying the law needs only an amendment not abolition as proposed by his colleagues at the Senate.
Among other heinous crimes, the senator singled out the sale and manufacture of drugs, and the crimes committed due to its use and proliferation. "We cannot afford absence of death penalty on drug pushing and its resulting crimes."
Biazon pointed out that all 11 drug-related crimes specified as heinous under the death penalty must be retained, if only to ensure a "drug and crime-free Philippines."
In addition, Biazon said that the crimes of plunder, and kidnapping and serious illegal detention, must be retained as capital offense.