‘No need to panic over revival of anti-subversion law’
Malacañang said yesterday that there was no need to panic over the proposed revival of the Anti-Subversion Law, as President Arroyo would let Congress decide on the fate of the proposal.
Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye clarified that the President did not call for the revival of the Anti-Subversion Law during her speech at the local peace and security assembly (LPSA) of Bicol earlier this week.
Neither did she endorse the initiative of Sorsogon Rep. Jose Solis to bring back the law, which was repealed during the Ramos administration, through an amendment of the Human Security Act.
According to Bunye, the President only said that she would not object to any moves by the local peace and security assemblies to endorse the initiative of Solis.
“In other words, if there is grassroots support as exemplified by LPSAs, let it be,” Bunye explained.
The report about the President’s support for the revival of the Anti-Subversion Law has drawn sharp criticisms from numerous sectors including Congress.
Both administration and opposition members of the Senate and the House of Representatives raised their objections to any move to revive the law just as militant organizations expectedly denounced the idea.
Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. led his colleagues in opposing the proposed revival, saying it would be retrogressive.
Even pro-administration Senators Miriam Defensor Santiago and Joker Arroyo rejected the proposal.
Bunye said that the President would leave the issue up to the discretion of Congress.
“Let Congress deliberate on the proposal. But without an Anti-Subversion Law, the objective is to stop insurgency,” he said.
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