31st case filed with SC vs Anti-Terror Act
Their petition is the 31st filed with the SC since President Duterte signed ATA into law last July 3 and the government started implementing it last July 18.
Oral arguments on the petitions have been scheduled by the SC late this month, at the earliest, and with notices to all parties involved in the cases. Among the listed petitioners in the new case were University of the Philippines System Faculty Regent Dr. Ramon Guillermo, Executive Board Member, Education International and Alliance of Concerned Teachers -Philippines Secretary-General Raymond Basilio; De La Salle University -Manila Professor and ACT Private Schools President Dr. Rowell Madula, University of Santo Tomas Faculty Association of Senior High School President and ACT-Private Schools Secretary-General Jonathan V.
Named respondents were the President, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, and House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano.
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