Posted
at 16:40 on 28 January, 2013 UTC
The
Catholic church of Papua New Guinea says it’s adamantly opposed to moves by the
Attorney General to reactivate the death penalty for treason, wilful murder and
piracy.
The
death penalty is already provided for in the country’s criminal code but has
not been used for over five decades.
However
the church’s Father Victor Roche says the move goes against the concept of
dignity of human life, which holds that no court or person has the right to
kill someone.
He
adds that international data indicates that the death penalty does not help
reduce crime rates.
Father
Roche says the state should take the more positive approach of seeking to
reduce the chances of people taking up crime.
“Churches are quite active so give
more funds and more programmes for the churches to continue to bring more
programmes for the youth and the jobless and also the interior places. And if
there are some NGOs in the cities where crimes are quite high, they should have
some very tangible programmes that can take place.”
Father
Victor Roche.
Source.
Radio New Zealand International
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