A bill defining a new mode of life imprisonment for serious offenders will be filed by Buhay party-list Rep. Jose “Lito” Atienza when the 17th Congress opens.

Atienza said his proposal is an alternative to death by hanging pushed by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.

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