Sep 08 2020 03:55 PM | Updated as of Sep 08 2020 03:56 PMMANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte should certify the anti-discrimination bill as urgent to "appease" the LGBT community after he issued an absolute pardon for a US soldier who murdered a transwoman, Sen.
Imee Marcos said Tuesday.Duterte drew flak on social media Monday evening after executive officials confirmed that the President allowed the early release of US Marine and homicide convict Joseph Scott Pemberton who killed Jennifer Laude in a motel in Olongapo in 2014."The outcry against Pemberton's pardon despite the horrific killing of transgender Jennifer Laude will never be fully appeased until the bills on SOGIE (sexual orientation, gender identity and expression) are passed by.