Beauty queen PiaWurtzbach has finally broken her silence over political issues in the country, saying she needs to use her voice and is now pushing to junk the controversial anti-terrorism bill. | IBiongINQ
Wurtzbach joins fellow beauty queen and former Miss Universe Catriona Gray in calling for the scrapping of the anti-terror bill, which has just passed the third reading and awaits President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature, to be turned into law.,” reasoning that it is vital to “address the urgent need to strengthen the law on anti-terrorism to adequately and effectively contain the menace of terrorist acts for the preservation of national security and the promotion of general welfare.
Through the anti-terror bill , the Human Security Act of 2007 will be amended to become stricter, which, for one, will exempt law enforcers from liability for illegal detention or failing to present an arrested person before a court within the prescribed period. The proposed measure also states that any person who threatens to commit terrorism or proposes any terroristic acts or incite others to commit terrorism shall suffer the penalty of 12 years in prison.
It also allows warrantless arrests of suspected violators, who can be detained for up to 24 days without being informed of their charges.alike, with the likes of Agot Isidro, Enchong Dee, Janine Gutierrez and many others rallying to stop its passage and encouraging others to sign a petition against it.
Defend UPLB, an alliance composed of student councils from the University of the Philippines Los Baños, created the said petition. In it, the group stresses that the bill poses several dangers, emphasizing, for one, that “[t]here is an over-broad definition of ‘terrorism’ which could blatantly tag political activities, mass mobilizations, and major protests of progressive formations as ‘terrorist acts.
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