PHILIPPINES·DEATH PENALTY·MAY 19, 2001·1 MIN READ

Senatorial candidate Santanina Rasul proposed legislation...

Senatorial candidate Santanina Rasul proposed legislation that would make election fraud a heinous crime that would make offenders face either a prison term or the execution chamber

Senatorial candidate Santanina Rasul proposed legislation that would make election fraud a heinous crime that would make offenders face either a prison term or the execution chamber. Rasul became the first and only Muslim woman to be elected senator in 1987. She was re-elected in 1992.

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(Sources: Manila Bulletin, 20/05/2001)