Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson cited the experience of former Philippine National Police chief and now Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa to justify some of the most controversial provisions of the antiterrorism bill. | MRamosINQ
antiterrorism bill, particularly those allowing warrantless arrests and a detention period of up to 14 days without charges.
Lacson, who is also a retired PNP chief, is the main author of Senate Bill No. 1083, or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, which the House of Representatives adopted without changes and approved on final reading on Wednesday.Recently certified as urgent by President Duterte, the proposed measure would repeal Republic Act No. 9372, or the Human Security Act of 2007, which allows suspected terrorists to be detained only for three days without a warrant or formal charges.
In a radio interview on Friday, Lacson said that when Dela Rosa was still the chief of the Davao City police, his men were “forced to release [a terrorism] suspect since they knew the case will be dismissed due to insufficiency of evidence.” The police then knew that “they will be charged [with] arbitrary detention” if they would still keep the suspect in custody.
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