MANILA, Philippines – The case lead in petitions against the anti-terror law and five other Supreme Court justices had voted to remove an “ambigous” clause in the crime of recruitment to terror groups under the feared law, but lost to nine of their colleagues, led by Chief Justice Anexander Gesmundo, who voted to retain it.
The case lead, now retired associate justice Rosmari Carandang, and five other justices including Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas Bernabe wanted to delete the phrase “organized for the purpose of engaging in terrorism” from Section 10 of the law. The six justices would have removed the phrase in Section 10, calling it “ambiguous” and “should be struck down for violating the freedom of association.”
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