MANILA, Philippines — Former justices of the Supreme Court, a former vice president, a former solicitor-general, lawmakers, and lawyers prodded the Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the continuing threats and killings in the enforcement of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 (Republic Act No. 11479).
The petitioners and counsels on Tuesday cited the case of Angelo Karlo Guillen, counsel in one of the 37 petitions against ATA, who was stabbed several times with a screwdriver in Iloilo City last March 3. Guillen survived the attack.
They mentioned threats against other petitioners, members of the media covering the judiciary, as w…
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