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The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) expressed “great joy” and welcomed the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision on the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Law on Thursday.

In a statement, the NTF-ELCAC Legal Cooperation Cluster said, “This ruling exemplifies the Supreme Court at its best, demonstrating that it is a bastion of Justice and Fairness for all Filipinos seeking to protect the sacrosanct rights to life and liberty.”

According to the statement, the Supreme Court judgment represents a triumph for the Filipino people over terrorism, which is “considered a crime against the Filipino people, against humanity, and against the Law of Nations.”

“While a qualifier to the proviso in Section 4 and paragraph 2 in Section 25 of the law have been declared unconstitutional, they are minor in nature and have no bearing on the law’s efficacy or effectiveness.” Indeed, the law as a whole was compelling, dynamic, and appropriate to the demands of the current time and circumstances,” according to the statement.

Despite the 37 petitions challenging the legality of Republic Act 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2022, the NTF-ELCAC claims that the spirit of the law, which echoes the people’s call for justice and condemns the more than five-decade social menace that has wreaked havoc especially in the countryside, has been heard and upheld by the Supreme Court.

“This victory will ensure that the Philippines has a dynamic law, comparable to that of other countries, aimed at combating terrorism while safeguarding human rights,” it said.

According to the task force, the Supreme Court verdict sends a strong message to terrorist groups and individuals that the Philippines is not a safe haven for them, and that they would be tracked down and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

It stated, “Victory is sweetest when it is for the People.”

Apart from a piece of Section 4 and a portion of Section 25, the SC affirmed the law’s legality, saying that all of the remaining challenged portions of RA 11479 are not unconstitutional.

The qualifier portion of Section 4, which states “which are not intended to cause death or serious physical harm to a person, to endanger a person’s life, or to create a serious risk to public safety,” was declared unconstitutional by a 12-3 vote of the Supreme Court.

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