Bishop Ted Bacani [as quoted in the Manila Standard]...
Bishop Ted Bacani [as quoted in the Manila Standard] commented about the apparent inconsistency of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on the death penalty:"
Bishop Ted Bacani [as quoted in the Manila Standard] commented about the apparent inconsistency of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on the death penalty:
"...I am surprised that the CBCP has not expressed any specific objection to an objectionable aspect of the plunder law whose constitutionality is now being questioned. I am referring to the death penalty, which can be imposed on a person convicted of plunder. If the CBCP is against the imposition of the death penalty, then it must oppose the death penalty as a punishment for plunder. Its silence on the matter might be construed as a political omission and as practical negation on its blanket stand against the imposition of the death penalty in our country today."
"...I am surprised that the CBCP has not expressed any specific objection to an objectionable aspect of the plunder law whose constitutionality is now being questioned. I am referring to the death penalty, which can be imposed on a person convicted of plunder. If the CBCP is against the imposition of the death penalty, then it must oppose the death penalty as a punishment for plunder. Its silence on the matter might be construed as a political omission and as practical negation on its blanket stand against the imposition of the death penalty in our country today."
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Manila Standard, 26/10/2001)