an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri and Dangerous Drugs Board Chairman Vicente Sotto III to think of other ways to solve the illegal drugs problem

an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri and Dangerous Drugs Board Chairman Vicente Sotto III to think of other ways to solve the illegal drugs problem in the country aside from pushing for the revival of death penalty for drug traffickers.
In an interview over Radio Veritas, Rodolfo Diamante, executive secretary of the CBCP’s Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care, also urged some politicians and government officials not to use death penalty as diversionary tactic to cover the issue of corruption in the country. “There was a diversion from the real issue. What they should look at is why these people (drug pushers) are not being arrested? The problem is, there is bribery from the start,” Diamante said in Filipino. He said death penalty is not a solution to the country’s growing problem with illegal drugs but a strong judicial system.