{"id":226689,"date":"2019-08-13T19:03:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T23:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=226689"},"modified":"2019-08-13T19:03:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T23:03:23","slug":"lacson-rejects-reinstatement-of-anti-subversion-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/08\/13\/lacson-rejects-reinstatement-of-anti-subversion-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Lacson rejects reinstatement of anti-subversion law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lacson argued that there is nothing wrong with joining progressive organizations like Anakbayan and Kabataan party-list. (File Photo<\/a>: Senator Ping Lacson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday said he is not inclined to support a proposal that criminalizes subversion again.<\/p>\n

After emerging from a Senate committee on national defense and security hearing on the proposed Prevention of Terrorism Act, Lacson said he would rather push for a stronger anti-terrorism measure that would address the radicalization of students, especially minors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s [restoring the anti-subversion law] not under consideration.\u00a0Na<\/em>-decriminalize\u00a0na ang<\/em>\u00a0Anti-Subversion Law (the Anti-Subversion Law was already decriminalized). Anyway,ito naman<\/em>\u00a0(the anti-terrorism bill) will address\u00a0ang<\/em>\u00a0aspect\u00a0ng<\/em>(the aspect of) minors being recruited to join a terrorist group,\u201d Lacson said<\/p>\n

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o has called for the reinstatement of the anti-subversion law to deter the recruitment program of leftist groups among the youth.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not inclined to support it, ang<\/em>\u00a0criminalize\u00a0mo uli<\/em>\u00a0(criminalizing subversion). It encroaches on the fundamental right to a peaceful assembly, to protest. I don\u2019t think I will support that,\u201d Lacson said.<\/p>\n

Lacson argued that there is nothing wrong with joining progressive organizations like Anakbayan and Kabataan party-list.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung magjo<\/em>-join\u00a0lang naman sa<\/em>\u00a0organizations like Kabataan party-list or Anakbayan (If they are merely joining organizations such as Kabataan party-list or Anakbayan), I don\u2019t see any problem with that. Except of course that they are also violating the law for recruiting minors,\u201d Lacson said.<\/p>\n

Lacson, however, noted that once the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People\u2019s Army (NPA), are proscribed as terrorist organizations, then joining their ranks would be illegal.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce the proscription case filed by the DOJ (Department of Justice) has materialized, and the RTC (Regional Trial Court)\u00a0na naka<\/em>-pending doon mag-grant ng proscription ng (grants the pending proscription of the) CPP-NPA as a terrorist organization, then whoever joins the CPP-NPA will be considered a terrorist and therefore in violation of the Human Security Act as it is now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Senator Francis Tolentino has already asked the DILG chief to submit a position paper regarding the anti-subversion law to be incorporated as a possible amendment to the Human Security Act.<\/p>\n

A\u00f1o said they will be drafting the proposal and would tweak the previous anti-subversion law to be more attuned to the demands of the present time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we will do is draft this measure and go back to the old and\u00a0siguro kung anong dapat palitan dun<\/em>\u00a0(look at what needs to be amended). We will have that measure to be adaptive to the current times,\u201d A\u00f1o told reporters.<\/p>\n

A\u00f1o also said he wants the local government units to spearhead the implementation of the national action plan to prevent and counter violent extremism.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter all, the community is the most vulnerable sector. So, it can be cured with good governance and delivery of services to lessen the vulnerability,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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