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Speaker Manuel B. Villar Jr. said that the House of Representatives was "relentlessly pursuing" the passage of several anti-crime bills to improve the country's peace and order situation. He said the House was committed to helping the administration neutralise criminality and create a climate that was "conducive to progress and development." One of the proposed bills, the 'Dangerous Drug Act', proposed lowering the amount of drugs found on a person to be eligible for the death penalty.