Senator Panfilo Lacson clarified that retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio misinterpreted the designation and proscription provisions in the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act.
Lacson explained that designation is an administrative process to freeze assets, while proscription requires court intervention for a full-blown hearing before labeling a group or organization as terrorist.
He emphasized that the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) does not have judicial authority to order arrests and that proscription is not discretionary on their part.
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