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France on Wednesday voiced its concern on a plan by the Philippine government to restore death penalty, which it called an "unjust, inhumane and ineffective" punishment.
The French government made the statement on the occasion of the 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty and the 40th anniversary of the last execution in France.
"France is...concerned about the determination of Philippine authorities to reintroduce the death penalty, following its abolition in 2006," it said in a statement sent by its embassy in Manila.
It also expressed concern on the continued use of the death penalty, notably in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq and the United States.
France also took note of the resumption of executions in Nigeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, but praised efforts of other countries, such as Mongolia, Gambia, Benin, Nauru and Guinea to abolish death penalty.
"France is opposed to the death penalty everywhere and under all circumstances," the European Union-member nation said as it called on states that still impose the death penalty to establish a moratorium toward its definitive abolition.
President Rodrigo Duterte has severely criticized the EU for opposing his policy to reintroduce capital punishment for drug dealers and heinous crimes.
Duterte, known for using strong language against his critics, earlier threatened to hang EU officials for their opposition to death penalty and lambasted them for intervening in the country's domestic policies.
The status of the proposed revival of the capital punishment law, however, remains unclear as the House of Representatives, which approved its version of the death penalty bill last March, and the Senate excluded it from the list of priority measures for the 17th Congress.
Source: GMA News, October 10, 2017
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