Petitioners urge SC to halt enforcement of terror law
Petitioners urge SC to halt enforcement of terror law
Groups protest the passage of Anti-Terror Act in the House of Representative on Thursday, June 4.
(Bulatlat file photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat)
“The issuance of the IRR has set the stage for the unimpeded implementation of the assailed law; the targeting of activists and critics of the government; the suppression of dissent; and the curtailment of civil and political rights, all in the altar of national security,” the motion read.
By EMILY VITAL
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – Following the issuance of implementing rules and regulations (IRR), civil libertarians and human rights advocates called on the Supreme Court to stop the implementation of Republic Act No. 11479 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.
In a motion filed today, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) and Movement Against Tyranny (MAT) argued that in light of the issuance of the IRR, “the dangers brought by the enforcement of RA 11479 could no longer be ignored.”
Bayan and MAT are among the 37 petitioners seeking to declare the law unconstitutional. Last week, the SC Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/761132/supreme-court-trying-to-move-fast-on-anti-terror-law-petitions-chief-justice-peralta/story/ it is “trying to move fast” in resolving the petitions against the Anti-Terror Law.
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