Some senators on Tuesday thumbed down the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) proposal to revive Republic Act 1700 or the Anti-Subversion Act to boost the country’s anti-terrorism laws.
“No, I’m not inclined to support it, ang i-criminalize mo uli. It encroaches on the fundamental right to a peaceful assembly, to protest. I don’t think I will support that,” Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson told reporters after a Senate hearing on the measures that seek to strengthen the Anti-Terrorism Act.
“Whoever joins the CPP-NPA will then be considered a terrorist, and therefore, in violation of the Human Security Act as it is now,” he said. Senator Grace Poe, for her part, also rejected the proposition, saying Congress should be careful with such proposals when the Constitution guarantees Filipinos rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.
Senate minority leader Franklin Drilon, earlier, said he will oppose any move to revive the anti-subversion law which was already repealed by the Ramos administration.
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