The "only impractical" provision in the 2007 law was its penalty of P500,000 per day of suspected terrorists' wrongful detention, according to IBP national president Domingo Cayosa.
Cayosa said the Constitution states that as part of checks and balances of the different branches in government, search and arrest warrants are issued by the judicial branch. The ATC, he said, belongs to the executive branch.
"Sa atin ho, meron kasi napaso na tayo nung panahon ng Martial Law. Kaya nag-iingat yung gumawa ng Constitution. So, hangga't hindi mabago yung Konstitusyon na 'yan, di ho ba dapat, sundan natin? 'Wag nating sundan yung Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, or anumang bansa kasi iba ang Constitution nila sa atin," Cayosa said.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson, primary sponsor of the measure, has belied the group's first claim, saying the council may only ask the Court of Appeals for an arrest warrant. "They should act independent of the executive even if lahat 'yan mga appointee ng President ," he said of the high court justices.
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