{"id":260199,"date":"2020-07-02T05:55:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T09:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260199"},"modified":"2020-07-02T05:55:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T09:55:31","slug":"anti-terror-bill-now-under-final-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/02\/anti-terror-bill-now-under-final-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-terror bill now under final review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea delivers a message during the turnover ceremony of the heavy equipment and vehicles from the Government of Japan at Barangay Sagonsongon in Marawi City on March 15, 2018. ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday said the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 is now under final review at the Office of Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs has forwarded its feedback to the Executive Secretary for final review.<\/p>\n

Roque said the feedback provided by the Deputy Executive Secretary contains the \u201crecommended course of action\u201d to President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeron na pong memorandum na<\/em>\u00a0(There is now a memorandum) recommending a course of action to the President, subject to final approval\u00a0lang<\/em>\u00a0po siguro \u2018yan ni<\/em>\u00a0(of the) Executive Secretary at dadalhin na po sa lamesa ni Presidente (and it will be brought to the President\u2019s desk),\u201d he said in a virtual briefing on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Department of Justice and the Office of the Presidential Legal Counsel have already finished their review of the measure.<\/p>\n

If the President does not sign or veto the bill by July 9, it will automatically lapse into law.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Roque said Duterte may either sign or allow the measure to lapse into law.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s just say that there\u2019s a possibility that the President will take steps for the bill to become a law, either by signing it or letting it lapse into law,\u201d he said in an interview over ABS-CBN News Channel\u2019s Headstart.<\/p>\n

The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 aims to repeal the country\u2019s current Human Security Act of 2007 or Republic Act 9372.<\/p>\n

Under the measure, suspected terrorists can be detained for up to 24 days sans a warrant of arrest.<\/p>\n

It also allows a 60-day surveillance with an allowable 30-day extension that can be conducted by the police or the military against suspected terrorists.<\/p>\n

The bill also imposes a 12-year jail term on a person who voluntarily or knowingly joins a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n

Whether it is signed or vetoed, lawyers who have opposed the measure said they would challenge the constitutionality of the law before the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

EJK not a gov\u2019t policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roque rejected the claim made by former senator Antonio Trillanes IV that the death of four soldiers allegedly in the hands of police officers in an alleged \u201cmisencounter\u201d was a result of \u201ctolerating the EJKs the past four years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi po natin kinukunsinti ang patayan kaya nga po masinsinang imbestigasyon ang ginagawa natin dito sa naging pagpatay sa apat na sundalo mula po sa hukbong sandatahan\u00a0<\/em>(We do not tolerate killing. That is why a thorough investigation is being done on the killing of four soldiers from the Armed Forces),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o, who was also present in the briefing via Skype, echoed Roque, saying extrajudicial killing is not a government policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will exact justice and we will make sure that those responsible shall be accountable,\u201d A\u00f1o said.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Roque said Duterte has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to hasten its investigation into the shooting incident in Jolo, Sulu involving cops and soldiers.<\/p>\n

Killed were Maj. Marvin Indammog, 39; Capt. Irwin Managuelod, 33; Sgt. Jaime Velasco, 38; and Cpl. Abdal Asula, 33.<\/p>\n

The four were tailing four terrorist suicide bombers when the shooting happened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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