Counter-Terrorism in the Philippines: Review of Key Issues

Last June 1, 2020, President Duterte certified the Anti-Terrorism Bill as urgent. Subsequently, Congress adopted the Senate version and passed it in the shortest time possible. The bill was intended to provide measures for the protection of the ordinary Filipino from acts of terrorism, and should ha...

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Main Authors: Mendoza, Ronald U, Ong, Rommel Jude, Romano, Dion Lorenz
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.asog-pubs-11712022-04-05T12:52:49Z Counter-Terrorism in the Philippines: Review of Key Issues Mendoza, Ronald U Ong, Rommel Jude Romano, Dion Lorenz Last June 1, 2020, President Duterte certified the Anti-Terrorism Bill as urgent. Subsequently, Congress adopted the Senate version and passed it in the shortest time possible. The bill was intended to provide measures for the protection of the ordinary Filipino from acts of terrorism, and should have been with support and approval under normal circumstances. But this time is far from normal, and the bill has attracted opposition not only from the left, but from a broader sector of society.This brings us to these questions: what were the compelling reasons to certify the bill as more urgent than say, the extension of the extraordinary powers of the President to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ordinary Filipino and our economy? Is the bill aligned with our constitution? Will it solve the domestic security problems festering for decades? What drives the objections against the bill? But perhaps the most disturbing concern among most members of society – do we have a common understanding of what is a terrorist? 2020-07-03T07:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/172 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3642311 Ateneo School of Government Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo anti-terrorism Philippines Defense and Security Studies Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
institution Ateneo De Manila University
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Philippines
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topic anti-terrorism
Philippines
Defense and Security Studies
Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
spellingShingle anti-terrorism
Philippines
Defense and Security Studies
Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Mendoza, Ronald U
Ong, Rommel Jude
Romano, Dion Lorenz
Counter-Terrorism in the Philippines: Review of Key Issues
description Last June 1, 2020, President Duterte certified the Anti-Terrorism Bill as urgent. Subsequently, Congress adopted the Senate version and passed it in the shortest time possible. The bill was intended to provide measures for the protection of the ordinary Filipino from acts of terrorism, and should have been with support and approval under normal circumstances. But this time is far from normal, and the bill has attracted opposition not only from the left, but from a broader sector of society.This brings us to these questions: what were the compelling reasons to certify the bill as more urgent than say, the extension of the extraordinary powers of the President to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ordinary Filipino and our economy? Is the bill aligned with our constitution? Will it solve the domestic security problems festering for decades? What drives the objections against the bill? But perhaps the most disturbing concern among most members of society – do we have a common understanding of what is a terrorist?
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author Mendoza, Ronald U
Ong, Rommel Jude
Romano, Dion Lorenz
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Romano, Dion Lorenz
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title Counter-Terrorism in the Philippines: Review of Key Issues
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title_fullStr Counter-Terrorism in the Philippines: Review of Key Issues
title_full_unstemmed Counter-Terrorism in the Philippines: Review of Key Issues
title_sort counter-terrorism in the philippines: review of key issues
publisher Archīum Ateneo
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url https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/172
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3642311
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