SC declares 2 provisions of Anti-Terror Law unconstitutional
The Supreme Court struck down the qualifier portion of Section 4 of the Anti-Terrorism Law.
Voting 12-3, the Supreme Court struck down the qualifier portion of Section 4 of the Anti-Terrorism Law stating that “…which are not intended to cause death or serious physical harm to a person, to endanger a person’s life, or to create a serious risk to public safety” for being overbroad and violative of freedom of expression.
The second method for designation under section 25 of the said law which states that “Request for designations by other jurisdictions or supranational jurisdictions may be adopted by the ATC after determination that the proposed designee meets the criteria for designation of UNSCR No. 1373” was also declared unconstitutional.
Meanwhile, Atty. Neri Colmenares, one of the petitioners, said in a tweet that they “plan to challenge the Supreme Court’s declaration that all the other provisions of the law are not unconstitutional.”
“One we get a copy of the full decision, my fellow petitioners and I will most likely file a Motion for Reconsideration to challenge the other provisions that have a devastating effect on human rights and civil liberties,” Colmenares stated.