Law enforcers who will abuse the implementation of the Anti-Terrorism Bill, should it become a law, will be punished, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Saturday. | CMarquezINQ
In an interview with AM radio station DWIZ, Lacson issued this assurance to critics who feared that the measure would be used to crack down on dissent.“If they worry about the implementation, that’s a different story. But if we talk about the law, there are many safeguards. The cure here is, if there would be abuses, we increased the punishment, and there is an existing law, if the police should commit a violation of the proposed bill,” Lacson said in Filipino.
According to Lacson, there is is a provision in the bill that directs law enforcement agencies to file a request with the Court of Appeals, not a regional trial court, for surveillance against a group or individual.
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