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Published February 25, 2021, 8:05 PM
A bill approved on second reading by the House of Representatives a day before the bloody Quezon City shootout between operatives of two law enforcement units will have to be amended if found necessary as a result of the “misencounter” on Wednesday, February 24.
(Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers’ Office / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Approved Tuesday, House Bill 7814 seeks to plug legal loopholes that have served as stumbling blocks in government’s successful implementation of the anti-drug war.
House Bill 7814 contains amendments to Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Act of 2002.
Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers said several legal issues and controversies in the conduct of anti-drug operations surfaced as a result of Thursday’s “misencounter” between Quezon City police operatives and agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency that resulted to the death of four persons, three of them belo
February 2, 2021 | 8:11 pm Font Size
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PLAINTIFFS who questioned the validity of the country’s anti-terror law must prove actual violations of the Bill of Rights to boost their lawsuit, according to a Supreme Court magistrate.
“This court in a unanimous way has already said that there must be a clear actual case,” Justice Mario Victor F. Leonen told a court hearing on Tuesday.
More than 30 lawsuits have been filed asking the high court to void the law that expanded the country’s law against terror.
“Yes we have fears of any law,” Mr. Leonen said. “Yes, we have fears of any government. It’s understandable.” But the tribunal could only use its review power if certain standards are met, the justice said.
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