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And as a mother, I also have a daughter, I will be more at ease if the death penalty is held up because I can still see my daughter walk in the streets without me worrying about her\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Rosanna Roces, Actress\u003cbr/\u003eThis nine-year old rape victim and her mother are adamant that the execution should be carried out immediately.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE:  (Tagalog) \u003cbr/\u003e\"Let the execution proceed, so others won't follow this barbaric acts.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Susan Alvarez, mother of rape victim\u003cbr/\u003eAfter a meeting on Monday, the Supreme Court's 15 judges ordered Echegaray and his lawyer to respond to the government's petition for the high court to reconsider the         T-R-O. \u003cbr/\u003eThe court is to meet again next week to decide whether the execution should go ahead.\u003cbr/\u003eIn its ruling last week, the court ordered a six-month delay in the execution to allow Congress to review a law that reinstated the death penalty in 1994.\u003cbr/\u003eBut at least 122 of the 220 members of the House of Representatives have signed a resolution rejecting any review of the law.\u003cbr/\u003eRepublican Roilo Golez provided the Supreme Court with a copy of the resolution and asked it to proceed with the execution.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"This clearly shows the sentiment of the House of Representatives, and that is embodied in the house resolution that the sense of the House of Representatives is to reject any move to review Republic Act 7659, the death penalty law.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Roilo Golez, Republican Congressman\u003cbr/\u003eLast month, several lawmakers said they doubted whether the death penalty was an effective deterrent against crime and filed bills seeking a review of the death penalty law.\u003cbr/\u003eJustice Secretary Serafin Cuevas said it now appears unlikely that Congress will review the law that reimposed capital punishment.\u003cbr/\u003eBut Baby Echegaray and others who, like her, are upset because of what they call the death to justice, see only one way to justice - to execute Echegaray.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"She hopes that by this, that what is happening today, they will understand further that when you promise a child something, you have to fulfil that promise and adhere to the rule of law.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Attorney Katrina Legarda, Spokeswoman for rape victim Baby Echegaray\u003cbr/\u003eEchegaray, a house painter, was convicted  in 1994 for repeatedly raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter.\u003cbr/\u003eHe is the first among more than 8-hundred death-row inmates to be scheduled for execution by lethal injection. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Philippines abolished the death penalty in 1987, a year after dictator Ferdinand Marcos was overthrown in a popular revolt.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever, a series of sensational murder cases involving members of wealthy families and a rise in other crimes prompted Congress to bring back capital punishment in 1994 for heinous crimes such as murder, kidnapping, rape and  drug trafficking.\u003cbr/\u003e Manila, Philippines - 11 January 1999\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN - Manila - 11 January 1999\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot of marchers with banner:  Sympathy walk for Baby Echegaray\u003cbr/\u003e2. Rape victim Baby Echegaray (covered with white veil) marching with First Lady Luisa \"Loi\" Ejercito Estrada (wearing shades) and Philippines Vice  President  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo\u003cbr/\u003e3.  Close up of banner saying Listen to the child\u003cbr/\u003e4.  Children marching with white veils\u003cbr/\u003e5.  Wide shot of march with placard: Justice for rape victims\u003cbr/\u003e6.  Young rape victims marching with veils to cover their faces\u003cbr/\u003e7.  Close up of placard saying R.I.P Echegaray and Supreme Court\u003cbr/\u003e8.  Pan from crowd smiling to Filipino actress Rosanna Roces marching\u003cbr/\u003e9.  SOUNDBITE: (Tagalog) Rosanna Roces, Actress\u003cbr/\u003e10. Nine-year old rape victim marching with mother\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (Tagalog) Susan Alvarez, Mother of rape victim\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide shot of Supreme Court building\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close-up of Supreme Court sign\u003cbr/\u003e14. Congressman Roilo Golez filing Congress resolution to Supreme Court clerk\u003cbr/\u003e15. Close-up of documents\u003cbr/\u003e16. Medium shot of Golez (talking) beside Solicitor General Ricardo Galvez\u003cbr/\u003e17. Cutaway to press\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide shot of Supreme Court\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE:  (English) Roilo Golez, Republican Congressman \u003cbr/\u003e20. Protesters with banner saying We sympathize with Baby Echegaray\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide shot of Baby Echegaray (face covered with white veil) beside spokeswoman Attorney Katrina Legarda\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close-up of Baby\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Attorney Katrina Legarda, Spokeswoman for Baby Echegaray\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN FILE - 19 August 1998 \u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide shot of convicted rapist Leo Echegaray in prison \u003cbr/\u003eAPTN - Manila - 11 January 1999\u003cbr/\u003e25. 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