MANILA, Philippines — There has been no request from individuals designated as “terrorists” by the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) to be removed from the controversial list, a Department of Justice (DOJ) official revealed.
According to DOJ Undersecretary Adrian Ferdinand Sugay, as far as he knows, none of the listed terrorists — consisting of 19 alleged ranking communist rebels and 10 wanted leaders of Islam extremist groups — have formally asked to be removed from the list.
“The internal mechanism for designation also contains provisions re: delisting. We are proposing a few additional provisions and this will hopefully be taken up during the next ATC meeting. As far as I k…
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