“The law was designed to serve as the coup de grâce against the sagging communist movement in the Philippines. It was the answer to the local reds’ shift in style from armed aggression to the more subtle ‘legal and parliamentary struggle.’ It was hoped that the law would finally break the back, or what remained…
Plans are afoot to bring back the long dead Anti-Subversion Act that became LAW 62 years ago. The military, the police and the Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) are asking Congress to do just that on the argument that its re-enactment — it was repealed in 1992 during the Fidel V. Ramos presidency…
On Dec. 4, 2018, President Duterte signed Executive Order 70 constituting a body, headed by himself, called “National Task Force (NTF) to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict.” It set a six-month period, from its issuance, for the NTF to “formulate and start to implement, in coordination with relevant government agencies, LGUs, civil society and…
In a statement, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) called this proposal as an “excavation of a jurassic idea which has the effect of curtailing freedom of association and political beliefs which are in fact crucial ingredients for democracy to flourish.”
Satur Slams Move to Revive Subversion Law
Ang kontrobersyal na Human Security Act (Republic Act No. 9372) o aking tatawaging “Terror Act” ay madadagdag sa mahabang listahan ng mga batas o dekreto ng estado ng Pilipinas na pagsalakay at pag-atake sa karapatan ng taumbayan na magpahayag, maglathala, mag-organisa at lumahok na mapayapa sa pangkabuhayan at pampulitikang pamamalakad sa bansa. NI ROLAND G.…