Charles Teves
The Anti-Terror Bill continues to stir up controversy as critics continue to speak up online and in protest gatherings (albeit with social distancing).
#JUNKTERRORBILL is still trending as netizens continue to speak up against the bill.
Kitty Duterte, the president’s youngest child, appears to have tweeted a list of petitions that included ‘Junk Terror Bill’.
Her tweet was posted by one Twitter user named @loverfestmanila.
https://twitter.com/loverfestmanila/status/1268178946173972483?s=20
It is not only local celebrities who advocate for the junking of the bill, international stars such as Taylor Swift also posted links to protest the bill.
She shared the list of petitions on her Instagram. Vice Ganda, Anne Curtis, Kathryn Bernardo, Liza Soberano, and Nadine Lustre have also expressed their concern regarding the bill.
Kitty Duterte did in fact share the petition, but at the time, “Junk Terror Bill” wasn’t included yet.
https://twitter.com/chescapersia/status/1268184223216590848?s=20
Terrorism is described as any activity committed by any person who within or outside the Philippines, regardless of the stage of execution;
- Engages in acts intended to cause death or serious bodily injury to any person, or endangers a person’s life;
- Engages in acts intended to cause extensive damage or destruction to a government or public facility, public place or private property:
- Engages in acts intended to cause extensive interference with, damage or destruction to critical infrastructure;
- Develops, manufactures, possesses, acquires, transports, supplies or uses weapons, explosives or of biological, nuclear, radiological or chemical weapons; and
- Release of dangerous substances, or causing fire, floods or explosions.
The measure also describes terrorist activities as acts that “intimidate the general public or a segment thereof, create an atmosphere or spread a message of fear, to provoke or influence by intimidation the government or any of its international organization, or seriously destabilize or destroy the fundamental political, economic, or social structures of the country, or create a public emergency or seriously undermine public safety.”
