EU thanks Arroyo for move to abolish death penalty
CEBU CITY—After Spain, the European Union (EU) was next to express its gratitude to President Macapagal-Arroyo for commuting the sentences of all death convicts in the country. “The European Union warmly welcomes the recent announcements by President Macapagal-Arroyo commuting all death sentences into life imprisonment and certifying as urgent the bill on the abolition of the death penalty,” the EU statement read. The statement by the Austrian Presidency on behalf of the EU was released Thursday by Ambassador to the Philippines Herbert Jager of Austria during a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing counter terrorism experts’ conference (CTEC) at Shangri-la Hotel Resort and Hotel on Mactan Island.
The EU also supported Ms Arroyo’s appeal to Congress to abolish the 12-year-old Republic Act No. 7659 that restored the death penalty. “ The EU is a strong advocate of the abolition of the death penalty worldwide."
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