{"id":260379,"date":"2020-07-03T06:47:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T10:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260379"},"modified":"2020-07-03T07:20:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T11:20:07","slug":"duterte-signs-anti-terror-bill-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/03\/duterte-signs-anti-terror-bill-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte signs anti-terror bill into law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte reviews a document before addressing the nation on the government’s efforts against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on April 16, 2020. KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that seeks to give the country more teeth to curb terror threats and acts, Malaca\u00f1ang announced on Friday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed in separate text messages that the anti-terror bill is already passed into law.<\/p>\n

\u201cSigned the bill into law earlier,\u201d Medialdea said.<\/p>\n

The Palace has yet to release a copy of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.<\/p>\n

This developed a day after Malaca\u00f1ang said the proposed anti-terror act was under final review at Medialdea\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Duterte earlier certified as urgent the anti-terror bill to toughen up the government\u2019s anti-terrorism policies.<\/p>\n

The new law repeals Republic Act 9362 or the Human Security Act of 2007.<\/p>\n

It seeks the detention of suspected terrorists 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 law also imposes a 12-year jail term on a person who voluntarily or knowingly joins a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n

Anti-terror law targets terrorists<\/p>\n

In a separate statement, Roque allayed the Bangsamoro leaders\u2019 concerns over the passage of the anti-terrorism act.<\/p>\n

Roque ensured that the new law would secure the country by going after terror groups.<\/p>\n

Thus, the anti-terror law does not target any regional or ethnic group, Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPassing a class legislation against the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), I would like to stress, would not even cross the minds of the proponents of the said bill. This piece of legislation (anti-terror law) is against terrorists and terrorism and not against a particular regional\/ethnic group,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, BARMM leaders urged Duterte to veto the proposed anti-terror law.<\/p>\n

In a resolution adopted by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority, the Moro leaders asked Duterte to \u201creview and address the issue of vagueness\u201d of the measure.<\/p>\n

Bangsamoro Chief Minister Al-Haj Murad Ebrahim said the Bangsamoro leaders have raised worry that the anti-terror bill, once enacted into law, would lead to the rise in \u201cincidents of violations of human rights\u201d and would once again subject Bangsamoro people to \u201cdiscrimination and abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roque said Bangsamoro leaders may have prejudged the measure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe consider the concern that the bill would lead to abuse, especially to our Muslim brothers and sisters, unfounded,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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