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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 2) The petitioners against the Anti-Terrorism Act have so far failed to present an “actual case” that would warrant the Supreme Court’s abolition of the controversial measure, Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said during the much-anticipated oral arguments on Tuesday.
In a searing debate with law professor Alfredo Molo III, a counsel for the petitioners, Leonen said it might be too early for the high court to step in considering that none of the 37 sets of petitioners have directly suffered from the implementation of the law.
“Personally, I truly understand the kinds of fears that you are undergoing, having undergone those fears myself when I was a public interest lawyer,” Leonen said. “But with the hat now of the Justice of this Court, and with this judiciary, I think it is correct for us to assume that we should be careful not to become a political department.”
Senator Imee R. Marcos
(Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Marcos said she understood Duterte when he said that women cannot handle the job of being the country’s president. She said her father, former Philippine president and strongman Ferdinand Marcos, also said the same to her.
“‘Yong mga reaksyon na ‘very misogynistic’ daw and ‘chauvinist’ na not a job for a woman, naintindihan ko yon. Kasi ang tatay ko sinasabi rin sa akin, na si Bongbong ang dapat pumasok sa pulitika, period. ‘Yong nanay ko, parati siyang very protective kasi bakbakan yan, eh (Contrary to reactions about the ‘very misogynistic’ and ‘chauvinist’ statement that presidency is not a job for a woman, I understand that. Because my father used to say that to me, that my brother Bongbong should be the one to enter politics. My mother is always very protective, because it is a battle),” she said in an interview over radio DWIZ.
As he dismissed rumors of him seeking a term extension, President Duterte said he told his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio to not run for president as this was no a job a woman can handle.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (KARL NORMAN ALONZO/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)
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US democracy remains ‘strong to the bone’: Locsin
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“US can handle this and more sad as it is to see and still emerge the world’s leading power. This is not a nightmare of democracy but a fever,” Locsin said. (File photo: Matthew T Rader/Unsplash)
MANILA – Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin Jr. on Thursday expressed confidence that the United States remains “strong to the bone”, following a riot in the US Capitol Building that left one dead and several injured.
In a tweet, Locsin said that despite the upheaval in the US, the world power is capable of coping with such a civil disturbance and still “fight wars on three fronts if it wants to and come out the winner.”