Senators weighed in on the constitutional issues that may arise from the government's move to make public the identities of COVID-19 patients.
Senators weighed in on the constitutional issues that may arise from the government’s move to make public the identities of COVID-19 patients.
The former justice department secretary said he cannot provide answers “based on theoretical application of the Constitution, given the reality of the pandemic”. “We will need a Presidential Proclamation relative to this, not a mere Interagency Resolution, considering its constitutional significance vis-a-vis policy tradeoffs between data privacy protection and the need to enforce more robust health measures,” Tolentino said in a statement sent to reporters Sunday night.
“In times of a public emergency threatening the life of a nation, the need to protect public health is a permissible ground for limiting certain rights including liberty of movement, freedom of expression, and the right to freedom of association,” the senator said.
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