MANILA, Philippines — Petitioners against the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 have urged the Supreme Court (SC) once again to temporarily stop the law’s implementation, citing supervening events including the recent arrest of one of the petitioners and threats of prosecution by members of the military.
“Your honors, for the first time in history, petitioners and their counsels before this Honorable court are seriously threatened with prosecution under the challenged statute by no less than a military general who is part of the State, enforcing the controverted ATA,” one of the oralists, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, told the SC before the third Tuesday of oral arguments adjour…
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