KNOWING that President Rody Duterte is a rather tolerant and kindhearted person, we are not worrying about the job security of the top leadership of the Department of Social Welfare and Development who have “rejected” – a rather bold term – the President’s wish to revive the death penalty for people convicted of heinous crimes.

DSWD officials, whom the President can justifiably fire for going against his policy decisions, reject the use of capital punishment because in the end it turns out to be an anti-poor policy.