Binay files petition vs Anti-Terror Law
Former Vice-President Jejomar Binay filed a petition in the Supreme Court to nullify the Anti-Terror Law.
Binay was accompanied by other members of Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties in signing the petition.
It was on July 3 when the Republic Act No. 11479 or “The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” was signed into law.
According to the Anti-Terror Law, acts through “speeches, writings, proclamations, emblems, banners, and other representations” implying terrorism is a “criminal offense.”
“Warrantless arrest” will also be imposed on any identified terrorist, with a penalty of twelve years (12) imprisonment.
Others who are opposing the Anti-Terror Act of 2020 fear it will violate press freedom.
Meanwhile, ex-VP Jejomar Binay along with other members of Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties earlier filed a petition to nullify the newly promulgated law.
Among those who joined the petition is former University of the Philippines law dean Pacifico Agabin, Adamson law dean Anna Maria Abad, Wesleyan University-Philippines law dean J.V. Bautista, National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers president Edre Olalia, University of Cebu law professor Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio, and lawyers Anacleto Rei Lacanilao III and Emmanuel Jabla.
According to them, “the ATA is unnecessarily and unjustifiably carving out the crime of terrorism as outside the realm of the criminal justice system, particularly on arrest and detention, which violates the guaranty of the equal protection of the law.”
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Source: GMA News Online
