July 30,2020
Dear fellow Christians, Greetings of Peace!
In Duterte’s State of the Nation Address, he highlighted and re-energized his next killer project: Death Penalty. Sinking to an even deeper level of depravity, he even commanded audible applause from his silent audience for the death penalty.
As persons who cherish life, we are dismayed, especially as miserable realities of our people are exacerbated and punctuated with the extravagance, violence, and injustice of the elite and powerful. Jeremiah lamentation echoes still, “They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.” (Je.6:14)
One Voice is inviting you to join in a broad and dynamic campaign against the death penalty. In working together, we hope to unite as people of faith in our stand against death penalty and lobby against the passage of new death penalty legislation.
Please join us by:
1. Signing the declaration through this online form.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13wgma6PRdZ-XqNIr-T9eBI8N- yFw3pYw_slvBe7SACg/edit?fbclid=IwAR1zLnhHgqiThKEKEKJWcbhjFRcG1DUPyZYNWgQAmx_pagM8xbV -o6HYps4
2. Circulating this letter to your network to encourage more signatures.
3. Contacting One Voice at simbahan.para.sa.katarungan@gmail.com to signify your willingness to get involved in a campaign/lobby planning round-table or in the lobby efforts.
4. Participating in actions and mobilization (online and in person).
We look forward to your participation in this advocacy. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Deaconess Norma Dollaga ( 0929 341-1270/ simbahan.para.sa.bayan@gmail.com) for the One Voice Secretariat. May God continue to fill us with courage and passion to defend life, speak the truth, and pursue peace based on justice in our beloved homeland.
Sincerely,
Pax Christi!
I suggest that this advocacy be dessiminated to all the diocese for the local ordinary be involved. Thanks and Godbless