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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petitioners’ lawyer and former Solicitor General Jose Anselmo Cadiz said the Human Security Act of 2007 — which was repealed by the new law — was enough to deter terrorism. “If I may clarify, what is really lacking is good polic...

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 Constitution must be struck down and that is what the anti-terror law is all about.” “What is r...

“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 broadly criticized for the threats it poses against dissenters.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – Huma...

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 2020, which is now being challenged before the Supreme Court. “First of all, we don’t have th...