Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo accused the CBCP of pressuring the Supreme Court to decide against the Anti-Terror Act of 2020 after it issued a pastoral letter sounding the alarm on the anti-terror law. | CGonzalesINQ
“Even if it is not deemed to be a violation thereof, we note that it parrots the detractors favored false narrative that it is violative of the Constitution; that it allows warrantless arrest and wiretapping of suspected terrorists; that it sends a chilling effect on those exercising their freedom of speech; that there is a pattern of intimidation being undertaken by the government citing the case against Senator De Lima and the ‘shutdown’ of ABS-CBN, and that the people oppose it,” he added.
He noted it appears that all petitioners have adopted the “chilling effect” as a favorite phrase in describing the law’s provisions. “The definition of the crime of terrorism is as clear as the sunlight, the same being precise that leaves no room for misinterpretation,” said the Palace official. Panelo claimed that various groups and the “silent majority of the citizenry” who witnessed the destruction of lives and properties due to terrorism have welcomed the passage of the law.He said the CBCP only has to trust the Philippine judicial system as adopting an opposite mindset only undermines the country’s legal institutions.
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