Luke Espiritu @sanlakas_ph says Duterte should not be given more powers. He says the Philippine National Police should instead be abolished to eradicate terrorism.
Rochelle Poras of Council for People Development and Governance says Terror Law will hamper the delivery of much-needed relief to far-flung communities.
A bishop of the UCCP says Church workers, priests, pastors, nuns are persecuted for serving the poor.
A nun leads a prayer for lawyers of the petitioners.
Face shield and mask as placards
Outside the SC
Danilo Ramos of @kmp_phl to policemen: Kaming magsasaka ang nagpapalamon sa inyo pero ang mga magsasala pinapatay ninyo.
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Cultural group Sinagbayan performs about the killings of peasants
Sinagbayan's symbolic resistance
Lawyer Krissy Conti @chronikrissys is one of the emcees for the program here outside SC.
Social media influencer Aling Marie: Ang sambayanan ay mas malakas kaysa sa mga nasa gobyerno na pinapasuweldo natin.
Jerome Adonis of @kilusangmayouno : Walang ibang kahulugan ang Anti-Terror Law kundi pagkitil sa aming karapatan sa pag-uunyon at sa karapatan ng mamamayan
Adonis says 50 workers were killed under Duterte. Union leaders in Mindanao are harassed by state security forces, their organizers slapped with fabricated charges.
Peasant women’s fight against Terror Law continues
Farmers women group Amihan joined today’s protest in support of lawyers and petitioners as the Supreme Court is set to hold an oral argument on the Philippine terror law this afternoon, Feb. 2. (THREAD)
In a statement, Amihan chairperson Zenaida Soriano said the terror law will only amplify systematic attacks on peasants.
“We speak for the peasant women victims of EJK and other human rights abuses. The Duterte regime via its counter-insurgency programs killed 38 peasant women, 11 children, 9 peasant couples and at least 34 older persons,"