Lacson dismisses IBP’s fear anti-terror council could authorize arrest of suspected terrorists

    MANILA, Philippines --- Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday dismissed concerns of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) that the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) could authorize the arrest of suspected terrorists.   The ATC, which would be created under the controversial anti-terror bill, will be chaired by the executive secretary and composed of secretaries of justice, foreign affairs, national defense, the interior, and local government and finance, and the national security adviser.   The IBP had said that the anti-terror bill, which now only awaits President Rodrigo Duterte's signature before becoming law, contains unconstitutional prov...

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