Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla wants the designation or proscription of Negros Oriental 3rd District Representative Arnie Teves for his refusal to return to the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines – Is refusal to surrender grounds for designating or proscribing an individual under Republic Act No. 11479, or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020?
Section 25 lists the methods by which the Anti-Terrorism Council could designate an individual or group as terrorist, one of the controversial law’s provisions that activists and civil society groups had challenged in the Supreme Court.arbitrary power of the ATC to designate without going to trial Responding to the question, Remulla said, “the activities that led to the killings of March 4, all are covered under the Anti-Terror Law: The recruitment, the financing, the purchase of firearms, the distribution of firearms.”He then explained why the DOJ didn’t use this for nine suspects in the daylight attack.
“We are afraid right now that if we file a terrorism case based on the crimes that transpired, it may prejudice other convictions that may be secured easily, with the same punishment, for murder, multiple murder,” he added.
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