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endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 9) The Supreme Court on Tuesday junked the petition of two Aetas to intervene in the legal challenge against the Anti-Terrorism Act. Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta said the high court unanimously denied the petition of Japer Gurung and Junior Ramos, who are the first publicly known individuals to be charged under the anti-terrorism law. Peralta made this announcement during the second day of the oral arguments on the controversial law after Solicitor General Jose Calida said the Aetas were withdrawing their petition. Calida said the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples and the Public Attorney s Office are now the new counsel for the Aetas, who were previously represented by the National Union of Peoples Lawyers.

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