Anti-terror law takes effect on July 18; Supreme Court fight looms

MANILA — The contentious anti-terrorism law will take effect in 2 weeks, Malacañang confirmed Saturday, as critics who feared the legislation could be used to silence dissent prepared to challenge it before the Supreme Court.The law that President Rodrigo Duterte signed on Friday would be imposed on July 18, 15 days after its publication on the state journal Official Gazette, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque confirmed to ABS-CBN News.

"The signing of the... law demonstrates our serious commitment to stamp out terrorism, which has long plagued the country and has caused unimaginable grief and horror to many of our people," Roque said Friday. "By signing the anti-terrorism bill into law, President Duterte has pushed Philippines democracy into an abyss," said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch.

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ex SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CARPIO:'If the Anti-Terrorism Bill becomes law,the country will be in a situation worse than martial law.'So Who should we BELIEVE:congresswoman LUCY TORRES?senator LACSON?senator SOTTO?Othr FAUX-LAW-OPINING CLOWNS? OR Former SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CARPIO?

ex SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CARPIO:'If the Anti-Terrorism Bill becomes law,the country will be in a situation worse than martial law.'So Who should we BELIEVE:congresswoman LUCY TORRES?senator LACSON?senator SOTTO?Othr FAUX-LAW-OPINING CLOWNS? OR Former SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CARPIO?

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