From: abs-cbnnews.com
Malacañang stands by the Anti-Cyber Crime Law
amid legal questions against it pending with the Supreme Court.
Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail
Valte said the law had gone through the scrutiny in the legislative process.
"Did we see that coming? Personally, no, in the sense that when it was being discussed in the lower House in the Senate and on the level of bicam… there [were] no questions, nobody was raising an objection.
"I would imagine given the normal
legislative experience that we have had, hindi naman po ‘yan tatlong buwan lang
pinag-usapan, or apat na buwan lang pinag-usapan," Valte said.
Sen. Teofisto Guingona III is questioning the constitutionality of a number of provisions of the law before the Supreme Court.
Sen. Teofisto Guingona III is questioning the constitutionality of a number of provisions of the law before the Supreme Court.
The Palace also stood by the inclusion of the
provision against libel on cyberspace.
"Freedom is never absolute, even in the Constitution you’ll see that. There are responsibilities that accompany our freedoms,” Valte said. ###
"Freedom is never absolute, even in the Constitution you’ll see that. There are responsibilities that accompany our freedoms,” Valte said. ###
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