A resolution strongly supporting November 30 as the International Day of Cities for Life–Cities against Death Penalty was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod, Tuesday.

The resolution authored by City Councilors El Cid Familiaran and Sonya Verdeflor said the International Day of Cities for Life should be held yearly as commemoration of the anniversary of the first abolition of death penalty by the Union of European States.

It said Republic Act No. 9345 approved on June 24, 2006 prohibits the imposition of death penalty or the capital punishment in the Philippines. It also said that capital punishment is a relic of the past as it has been for slavery and torture that was eventually rejected by the conscience of the world.

Supporting thisGlobal Call, will lead to a new and higher threshold in the respect for human rights, the resolution also said.*Shiela May Gelera

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