MANILA, Philippines — Catholic Church leaders on Wednesday lauded a Supreme Court ruling invalidating warrantless police searches and seizures based on unverified and anonymous information as youth leaders filed the 29th petition against Republic Act No. “Bravo, Supreme Court!” Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, acting president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, posted on his Facebook account. “The Constitution and human rights have to be respected even in the war against drugs,” Pabillo said. Farther from democracyThey asked the Supreme Court to nullify the new antiterror law for infringing on constitutionally guaranteed freedoms and usurping judicial powers. “Like Germany did in 1933 when it enacted the Reichstag Fire Decree, this country now stands on perilous grounds.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 19, 2020 21:33 UTC