"The railroading has started, it hopes to reach the terminal before the Christmas break … In other words, the message of the House leadership is – 'have a deadly Christmas'," Albay Representative Edcel Lagman said at a news conference.

The restoration of the death penalty is one of the measures President Rodrigo Duterte wants Congress to prioritize to help his administration in its fight against illegal drugs and crime.

"It’s so disturbing that the culture of death is upon us -- the unabated extra judicial killings, now the railroading of bills to re-impose death penalty, the continuing threat of the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, and the (threat of the) declaration of martial law -- all of these will be related to a culture of violence and to the violation of basic human rights," Lagman said.

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