The Anti-Terrorism Council is not targeting members of the opposition, according to presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo Lacson.
The Anti-Terrorism Council is not targeting members of the opposition, according to presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo Lacson.opposition," he told reporters in a briefing on Saturday before meeting with sectors in Dumaguete City."[Translation: It's in the law. They are not targeting the opposition. I don't know where that came from.]
The ATC is primarily tasked to implement the Anti-Terrorism Law and may tag groups or individuals as terrorists.[Anyone], whether they are members of the opposition or they are sympathizers of the [Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army] or whether you are members of media or whether you are members of Congress, if you commit acts of terrorism, you will be answerable to the law," the senator added.
Lacson - the principal sponsor of the law - gave this assurance after portions of the ATL were struck down by the Supreme Court.Lacson said he was pleased with the high court's decision, describing it as a partial victory for critics but a"total victory for peace against terror."
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