DOJ: People the ATC designates as terrorists may ask council for basis, delistingMANILA, Philippines — People that the Anti-Terrorism Council designates as terrorists may question their designation before the same body, Justice Undersecretary Adrian Sugay, also spokesperson for the council, said Friday. Maybe you can ask for a basis for the designation,” the DOJ official said. READ: Terrorist designation opens assets of Sison, others to AMLC scrutinySugay added that the designated person "may also go to court to question it." Galandines asserted that designation is an executive proceeding that does not require notifying parties that they may be designated as terrorists. Sugay also said: “Designation alone, it is our position, is not sufficient to result in the arrest of the designated person.”

Source: Philippine Star May 14, 2021 06:08 UTC