Even a good law like the Anti-Terrorism Act can be abused if the executive branch that implements is “ruthless and has no conscience,” lawyer Ferdinand Topacio said in an online briefing on Tuesday. | GabrielLaluINQ
“You know, the restraint on weaponizing a law is the conscience of the executive because he is the one who implements the law. If the executive is unscrupulous, ruthless, and without conscience, well, whatever the law, no matter how good, can be abused. That is the sad fate, and I have seen that in my 32 years of being a lawyer. I’ve seen many laws, good laws, being abused.”
“You know, this is very dangerous if it will be allowed to be weaponized. Then they can use it against any of their political enemies. You can just be accused— accused without need for approval,” Teves said in Filipino.
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