MANILA – Various multi-sectoral groups rallied behind government lawyers who will defend the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 in oral arguments at the Supreme Court by hanging tarpaulins expressing their support for the law.
Members of the League of Parents of the Philippines (LPP) or the Liga ng mga Magulang, Liga Independencia Pilipinas (LIPI), Sulong Maralita, Youth for Peace and Development, Hands Off Our Children (HOOC), and Yakap ng mga Magulang (YKM) put up tarpaulins bearing messages of support for the Anti-Terrorism Act 2020 (ATA).
Remy Rosadio, LPP chair, said the move is also part of the groups’ relentless condemnation against the atrocities perpetrated by communist terrorist groups and other terrorist organizations.
“Every child has the right to live peacefully and must not be engaged with the uncertainties of the armed movement,” Rosadio said.
She said this could be a tougher response against the threat of terrorism and armed insurgency in the country.
Meanwhile, Jose Antonio Goitia, secretary-general of LIPI, said the move also seeks to boost the morale of “our valiant lawyer defenders”.
Goitia said “to negate the importance of this landmark law is an insult to all Filipinos.” (PNA)
