The Albay Representative
Edcel Lagman continues to oppose the Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020 even after it
was already signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
Lagman laments that
the signing of the said law “further stifles dissent, imposes prior restraint
to freedom of expression, derogates civil liberties, and institutes state
terrorism.”
“The new anti-terror
law repeals the less repressive ‘Human Security Act of 2007’ which provided for
safeguards for fundamental freedoms,” the the veteran opposition lawmaker said.
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| Albay Representative Edcel Lagman (photo credit to owner) |
“These safeguards
were all obliterated by the ‘Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020’ and replaced with
motherhood declarations which are orphaned by oppressive provisions,” he said.
The proposed measure
after months of strong opposition and dissent coming from different groups
namely from the opposition, progressive and human rights groups, has been
signed into a law just this Friday (July 3.)
The Albay
representative said the new law “installs national security to a high pedestal
while it demotes civil liberties to a lowly footstool.”
Bayan Muna’s Zarate calls it a horrific day
Bayan Muna
party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said President Rodrigo
Duterte’s signing of the Anti-Terrorism Act “did not come as a surprise since
he certified it as urgent to concentrate more tyrannical powers in his hands at
the expense of the rights of our people.”
“This is indeed a
horrific day for the country as another darker era for human rights looms.
Malacanang naman din ang naglamadali ng terror bill na iyan kaya di na
nakakapagtaka,” Zarate adds.
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