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endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 2) — Instead of passing an Anti-Terrorism law that critics argue is unconstitutional, the State should have focused on improving deficient police and intelligence performance, a counsel for petitioners against the measure said on Tuesday. On Day 4 of the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on the assailed measure, petitioners’ lawyer and former Solicitor General Jose Anselmo Cadiz said the Human Security Act of 2007 — which was repealed by the ...

Philippines lacks ‘good’ police work, intelligence in fighting terrorism —petitioners By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Published March 2, 2021 6:37pm Opponents of the anti-terror law said Tuesday the Philippines should improve its defense against terrorism as they reiterated their plea to the Supreme Court (SC) to scrap the measure due to alleged constitutional infirmities. Jose Anselmo Cadiz, counsel for some of the petitioners, told the high court that any law “which contradicts the ...

“Even if you pass 10 more anti-terror laws, nothing will happen [without good policing and intelligence work].”

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → February → 11 → Rights defenders urge SC to reprimand Calida for ‘unethical actions’ Rights defenders urge SC to reprimand Calida for ‘unethical actions’ A nun joins a protest action against the Anti-Terror Law last Feb. 2, 2021. (photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat)“The Solicitor General’s allegation is nothing but a desperate attempt to discredit groups that stand firm in opposing the Anti-Terrorism Act, a law that is broadl...

By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News Published February 9, 2021 11:33am Armed Forces Southern Luzon Command chief Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr. on Tuesday admitted that there are gaps in the intelligence operations of the anti-insurgency task force due to lack of enabling laws. Parlade, spokesperson of National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), said the security sector cannot rely on the Human Security Act as he justified the need of the Anti –Terrorism Act of...

Chilling effect refers to that pause in the writer as he composes his words, says Alfredo Molo III, counsel for the petitioners. It is the hesitation inside the mind of the speaker because of a vague and overbroad law. He doesn’t know whether the next word he will say will be criminal or in this case, mark him as a terrorist.

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 2) — No other law penalizes the exercise of civil and political rights based on a person’s intent, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said during the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on the Anti-Terrorism Act on Tuesday. “Worse, it allows the state to simply presume the existence of intent from the citizens’ acts even if the acts themselves do not constitute a crime,” said Diokno, one of the seven counsels of the petitioners seeking to j...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 2) — The petitioners against the Anti-Terrorism Act have so far failed to present an “actual case” that would warrant the Supreme Court’s abolition of the controversial measure, Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said during the much-anticipated oral arguments on Tuesday. In a searing debate with law professor Alfredo Molo III, a counsel for the petitioners, Leonen said it might be too early for the high court to step in considering that n...

Too much executive power? The Anti-Terrorism Council, currently headed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, can now designate individuals and organizations as terrorists without any hearing, as long as it sees “probable cause” that they commit, attempt to commit, or are part of a conspiracy to commit acts defined and penalized as terrorism under Sections 4 to 12 of the law. While authorities stressed that designation does not automatically warrant an arrest, the lists of designated te...

File photo of CPP-NPA militia: AFP/Mitchell Maduro QUEZON CITY, Dec. 27 (PIA) -- The Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) has designated the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army (CPP-NPA) as a "terrorist" organization, association, and/or a group of persons. The resolution, approved on Dec. 9, and released to members of media this week, was signed by ATC chair, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, and the bodys vice chair, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. The ATC is c...