Davao City ? Bayan Muna urged here today the City Council of Davao to join the people?s protest against the implementation of the Anti-terror Law or the Human Security Act saying ?the members of the City Council are all bound to safeguard the fundamental rights of the people and to uphold the supreme worth of democracy.?
DAVAO CITY — “We appeal and call the attention of the upper house in the senate as well as lawmakers in the Congress to question the Human Security Act in the Supreme Court, as these unlawful and inhuman law approved by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as this was set to be implemented this coming July 15, 2007 after she signed it last March 2007,” Abubakar Uy said Suara Bangsamoro Secretary General in Southern Mindanao Region.
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will convene a Mindanao Peace and Security Summit next week to strengthen the government's anti-terrorism measures and discuss the problems stakeholders would face in implementing them.
The group said the charge against Gilbert Cardino illustrates the fact that the Arroyo regime has ?rigorously, systematically and intentionally waging an all-out war against the Filipino people who are participating in legitimate struggles against political repression and human-rights violations.?
Veronica Duterte looks at her father, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, deliver a speech during the oath-taking ceremony on June 30 at the City Hall grounds. Duterte said that the youth remains his inspiration and that they must have access to education. Another daughter, Sara, also took her oath of office that same day as vice mayor. (davaotoday.com photo by Marilou M. Aguirre)