MANILA, Philippines — Petitioners on Tuesday raised before the Supreme Court the issue of poor intelligence work on the part of authorities that will implement what they insisted is a vague Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (ATA).
Former Integrated Bar of the Philippines President Jose Anselmo Cadiz said the country already has the Human Security Act (HSA) to fight terrorism and that it is far better than the ATA because it enumerates acts that can be considered terrorism.
Under the HSA, there is no provision punishing “proposal to commit terrorism” as a separate offense as well as the acts of planning, training, preparing, and facilitating the commission of terrorism.
In the ATA, on…
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