Jones did not explain why she thought the Philippines was a worse terrorist hot spot than Indonesia or Malaysia, the sources of Islamist recruiters and perpetrators of suicide bombings in the Philippines, but she insisted that “that is the context for the development of the new law, flawed as it is.
“This law replaces one of the worst antiterrorism laws that was ever passed [Human Security Act of 2007] because it had so many safeguards that [were] never used, or almost never used … particularly, that personal liability provision,” she said. But Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, chief of the Western Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, allayed fears of the possible abuse of the terror law.The AFP would “make sure we will not lose sight [of] the three operational guidelines that we are following: follow the rule of law, respect for human rights and strictly adhere to international humanitarian law,” Sobejana pledged.“We should not compare our Armed Forces before to what we have right now.
“There is basically no room for rehabilitation. Anybody who gets arrested for terrorism gets put away virtually for life and it doesn’t seem to be particularly very easy to move out of that very draconian regime,” she added.
NCorralesINQ yes, if only perfect laws are passed, we may not have any laws at all. We need to be vigilant though
NCorralesINQ Nothing is perfect but in this day and age having something is better than nothing.