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A total of 109,234 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) has been released from jails and other detention centers nationwide during the 10-month corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions that started last March.
Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta said the PDLs were released after in- court he
“Legal fireworks” resume on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Supreme Court (SC) on the second day of legal arguments on the 37 petitions that challenged the alleged unconstitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020.
Published February 2, 2021, 7:49 PM
The Supreme Court (SC) held a four-hour oral arguments on Tuesday, Feb. 2, on 37 petitions which sought the nullification of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 under Republic Act No. 11479.
But only the petitioners, represented by six lawyers, were able to present their arguments which mostly reiterated those in their petitions.
The lawyers reiterated their pleas to nullify ATA and to uphold the constitutional provisions on citizens’ rights against arbitrary detention, safeguards on due process, separation of powers, and right to free speech and expressions, among others.
Only three justices – Associate Justice Rosmari D. Carandang, Senior Associate Justice Estela M. Perlas Bernabe and Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen – were able to interpellate the lawyers of the petitioners.
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The plea was reiterated on Friday, Jan. 29, by Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen during a press conference hosted by the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP).
“We are hoping that sooner or later Congress passes the bill, that I think we have supported, to create judicial marshals in order to expand our capability to internally protect the judges that we have on field,” Leonen said.
Expressing confidence on the enactment of the law on PJMS, Leonen said: “We are looking at an early approval if many of the statements made by our senators and members of the House are to be taken into consideration.”