There are now five petitions lodged with the Supreme Court (SC) against the alleged unconstitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 that is set for enforcement on July 19.
The fifth case was filed Wednesday morning by Rudolph Philip B. Jurado, former chief of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel .
Specifically, Jurado challenged Sections 4 and 29 of Republic Act No. 11479 on the definition of terrorism and the arrest of suspects without warrant and their prolonged detention, respectively. The SC also ordered the consolidation of the four cases with the petition filed by the group of Calleja and Luistro as the lead case.Named respondents in Jurado’s petition are the Anti-Terrorism Council , Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.
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