City Administrator John Orola, on behalf of Vice Mayor/Acting Mayor Thaddy Sayson, led the unveiling of the marker at the lobby of the Bacolod City Government Center, December 10, symbolic of the city’s commitment to life, recognizing the existence of a peaceful and more humane way of punishing criminals.
Councilor El Cid Familiaran, principal proponent of the resolution at the Bacolod SP supporting the International Day of Cities for Life, joined Atty. Orola in the candle-lighting and signature campaign (moratorium on the death penalty) in support of the International Day of Cities for Life. Joining them in the activities are: a representative of Grace Galvez Candol (National Representative of Phil. Communita de Sant’ Egidio), Charito Zamora (Regional Director of the PPA-DOJ Region 6), barangay officials, representatives of the Phil. National Police, DSSD, Napolcom, BJMP, Metro Bacolod Volunteer Probation Aides, PPA-DOJ, among others. Appellants for a moratorium to the death penalty are convinced that the particular penalty is a denial of the right to life, that it takes away something that cannot be retrieved, that it is inadequate to stop violence, dehumanizes our world by putting vengeance and reprisal first and eliminates clemency, forgiveness and rehabilitation in the justice system, etc. The ‘Communita’ launched the 1st World Day of Cities for Life - or cities against the death penalty in November of 2002. In Rome, the move was started in 1968, following the 2nd Vatican Council as a worldwide movement of some 60,000 lay people based on prayer, solidarity, ecumenism and dialogue. The first abolition of the death penalty for crimes took place in the Grand Dutchy of Tuscany on November of 1786. To date there are 1,527 membercities, 69 of these are state capitals in five continents, per the Communita’. NEGROS DAILY BULLETIN
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