The Effect of Anti-Terrorism

Law in the Community

Justification:
I chose this research study to know of how many of the respondent would
be affected of anti-terrorism law in the community. My respondent would be
the people in the barangay Pasonanca .

There still Rights Groups Worry About the Philippines' New Anti-Terrorism
Law,
The law also creates a presidentially-appointed body, the Anti-Terrorism
Council which would designate the persons who could be arrested as
"terrorists."
Because of other provisions of the law, these persons could be detained for
up to 24 days (14 days with a possible 10-day extension), and would not be
automatically compensated for wrongful imprisonment as they originally
were under the Human Security Act of 2007.
Warrantless arrest
The law allows suspects to be detained without a judicial warrant of arrest
for 14 days and can be extended by 10 more days, and placed under
surveillance for 60 days, that can also be extended by up to 30 days, by the
police or military. But an analyst argues that this provision is essential for
counterterrorism to "allow more time for investigators to get valuable
information from the terror suspect. A longer detention period can also
provide ample time to facilitate interrogation. It can also incapacitate the
suspected terrorist from wreaking havoc. Most importantly, longer
preventive detention can lawfully hold suspect when usual criminal charges
cannot be filed for some technical considerations.