Jurado's 62-page petition attacks the supposed unconstitutionality of the rush to pass the bill at the House of Representatives.
In fact, the Members were extremely misinformed that not one of them was able to realize how the Senate ambiguously defined a certain act of terrorism," said Jurado's petition.
, but Jurado said even that did not meet the constitutional standard of there being a public calamity or emergency.
Jurado said this violates Article 125 of the Revised Penal Code which imposes criminal liability on law enforcement who fail to bring suspects to court within prescribed periods – 12 hours, 18 hours, or 36 hours depending on the offense.
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