Diego Martin East MP Colm Imbert said he had to study the proposal carefully but he was not sure the legislation would achieve its objective. He said: "The PM has said so but at this time what I see is a change in the penalty from death to life imprisonment or a reduction in the severity of the sentence. "A reduction in the penalty is in favour of the criminals and is not something to make them afraid. It appears to be contradictory," Imbert added.