This is what I have been telling the critics of the Anti Terrorism Law. As long as the terrorists can achieve their intent and purpose of inflicting maximum damage to life and property in order to sow fear and intimidate the general public, they will strike at every opportunity,” Lacson told INQUIRER.net in a message on Wednesday when sought for comment. “The presumed degraded security capability of states like the Philippines gravely impacted by [COVID-19] pandemic, as the UN Secretary General has pointed out, presents such opportunity to the terrorists,” he added. President Rodrigo Duterte recently signed into law the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 which is seen to give more teeth to the country’s anti-terrorism policies. Read NextEDITORS' PICKMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 08, 2020 00:00 UTC