Lagman Re Signing of Terror Act
Friday, July 03, 2020
Press Statements
President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing into law the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” further stifles dissent, imposes prior restraint to freedom of expression, derogates civil liberties, and institutes state terrorism.
The new anti-terror law repeals the less repressive “Human Security Act of 2007” which provided for safeguards for fundamental freedoms.
LAGMAN: PROPOSED ANTI-TERROR LAW NOT ENTITLED TO “BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT”
Sunday, June 21, 2020
Press Statements
We should not wait for any abusive enforcement of the proposed “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” to happen after it becomes a law because the abuse is in the measure itself. Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano...
STATEMENT DISPUTING THE ALLEGATION THAT THE MORE THAN 50-YEAR OPERATION OF ABS-CBN CORPORATION...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Press Statements
The purported ban on the grant of legislative franchise to companies which have operated for more than 50 years is definitely another non-issue based on the following reasons: There is no...
MANIFESTATION ON THE VALIDITY OF THE RETURN TO THE LOPEZ FAMILY OF THE OPERATIONS, FACILITIES AND...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
House
BY: REP. EDCEL C. LAGMAN There is no constitutional provision in the 1987 Constitution which was violated when the premises, facilities and operations of ABS-CBN were returned in 1986 by the...
LAGMAN: CYBER LIBEL AGAINST RAPPLER’S RESSA HAS LAPSED
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Press Statements
Rappler’s chief executive officer Maria Ressa and Rey Santos, Jr. were convicted of a clearly prescribed offense of cyber libel when the trial judge errantly extended the prescriptive period of...
LAGMAN: PDRS DO NOT CIRCUMVENT MEDIA’S 100% FILIPINO OWNERSHIP
Monday, June 15, 2020
Press Statements
The Philippine Deposit Receipts (PDRs) of ABS-CBN which are issued to foreign investors are completely compliant with the Constitution, and do not constitute a scheme to circumvent the...
LAGMAN: CONVICTING RESSA MEANS HOLDING PRESS FREEDOM HOSTAGE
Monday, June 15, 2020
Press Statements
Press freedom received another devastating blow from the improvident and barren conviction of Rappler’s Maria Ressa for alleged commission of cyber libel even before it was criminalized, and the...
LAGMAN: PDRs DO NOT DILUTE 100% FILIPINO OWNERSHIP OF MASS MEDIA
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Press Statements
The issuance of Philippine Deposit Receipts (PDRs) by media networks like ABS-CBN Corporation does not violate the constitutional requirement of 100% Filipino ownership and management of mass media....
SUMMATION OF THE ISSUES ON THE PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP OF MR. GABBY LOPEZ
Monday, June 08, 2020
Press Statements
1. When the 1935, 1973 and 1987 Constitution were drafted and ratified, the concept and fact of some Filipinos having dual citizenships were already in existence and known, particularly joint...
LAGMAN: WHAT IS THE REAL SCORE ON TERROR BILL’S THIRD READING
Sunday, June 07, 2020
Press Release
To ascertain the real score of the voting on third reading by the House of Representatives on HB No. 6875 or the proposed “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020”, Albay Rep. Edcel C. Lagman requested House...
DEFERRAL OF ENROLLED ‘TERROR’ BILL JUSTIFIED BY WITHDRAWAL AND CLARIFICATION OF ‘YES’ VOTES
Saturday, June 06, 2020
Press Statements
My call for Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano not to sign with alacrity the enrolled bill on the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” is further justified by the withdrawal of some Representatives of their...
LAGMAN: ‘TERROR’ BILL IS POSITIVE FOR REPRESSION
Friday, June 05, 2020
Press Statements
The proposed “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” is symptomatic positive for repression. Draconian features infect the “terror bill” from a 24-day warrantless arrest, a six-month ransacking of bank...
LAGMAN URGES CAYETANO NOT TO SIGN ENROLLMENT OF ‘TERROR’ BILL
Friday, June 05, 2020
Press Statements
Albay Rep. Edcel C. Lagman formally asked Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano in a letter yesterday to hold in abeyance his signing of the enrolled bill on the proposed “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” which is...
EXPLANATION OF NEGATIVE VOTE ON HOUSE BILL 6875 OR THE NEW ANTI-TERROR ACT
Wednesday, June 03, 2020
House
By: Rep. Edcel C. Lagman 03 June 2020 Before I explain my negative vote, I would like to ask the House Leadership to explain why I was not allowed to interpellate the sponsors of House Bill No. 6875...
LAGMAN: DUTERTE PRIORITIZES DRACONIAN MEASURES OVER ECONOMIC STIMULUS ACT
Tuesday, June 02, 2020
Press Statements
President Rodrigo Duterte errantly considers more urgent the suppression of sporadic “acts of terrorism” by instituting draconian measures than enacting an economic stimulus package granting relief...
LAGMAN BEWAILS ABANDONMENT OF HB 6732 ON ABS-CBN’S PROVISIONAL FRANCHISE AS A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Press Statements
I bewail the abandonment of HB 6732 on the proposed provisional franchise for ABS-CBN for the following reasons: (1) This abandonment underscores the failure of leadership in the House after no less...
LAGMAN: ABS-CBN’S INTERIM FRANCHISE - FROM A BULLET TRAIN TO A STALLED LOCOMOTIVE
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Press Statements
After speeding like a bullet train, House Bill No. 6732, which carries a proposed provisional franchise for ABS-CBN, appears to have stalled like a misdirected locomotive. Although Speaker Alan...
LAGMAN LAUDS CAYETANO AND HOUSE LEADERS FOR ‘SEEING THE LIGHT’ ON ABS-CBN FRANCHISE
Monday, May 18, 2020
Press Statements
I laud Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and the House leadership for seeing the light on the need to reconsider the approval on second reading of H.B. 6732 granting a provisional franchise to ABS-CBN on...
LAGMAN: SPEAKER MUST DESIST FROM INTRANSIGENCE TO CURE DEFECTIVE PASSAGE OF INTERIM FRANCHISE
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Press Statements
Exigency or even good motives cannot excuse or validate the repetition of an unconstitutional act or procedure. In the book of Ecclesiastes, which Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano is wont to invoke,...
LAGMAN SCORES CAYETANO’S BASELESS TIRADES AGAINST HIM ON ABS-CBN’S FRANCHISE FIASCO
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Press Statements
Contrary to the baseless tirades, albeit obliquely, against me by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, I never blamed the House of Representatives for failing to act on the bills seeking the renewal of...
LAGMAN: PASSAGE OF ABS-CBN’S INTERIM FRANCHISE MUST BE CLEANSED OF ANY CONSTITUTIONAL DEFECT
Friday, May 15, 2020
Press Statements
To cleanse the passage of HB No. 6732 granting a provisional franchise to ABS-CBN of any constitutional infirmity and to accommodate a longer effectivity of at least one year for the interim...
LAGMAN: ALSO FAST TRACK ACTION ON ABS-CBN’S FRANCHISE RENEWAL
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Press Statements
Depending on the will and predisposition of Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, a bill can be approved with inordinate alacrity or can languish in virtual perpetuity. Thus, the approval of House Bill No....
The grant of a provisional franchise to ABS-CBN... raises a number of problematic questions
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Press Statements
The grant of a provisional franchise to ABS-CBN which will be effective up to October 31, 2020 raises a number of problematic questions, like the following:
House Bill 6732: Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano buckled to pressure...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Press Statements
Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano buckled to pressure and settled for a compromise grant of a provisionary franchise to ABS-CBN until October 31, 2020, which was approved on second reading in one session...
LAGMAN: CAYETANO PRIORITIZES CONTEMPT OF NTC OVER ABS-CBN’S FRANCHISE RENEWAL
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Press Statements
The critical renewal of ABS-CBN’s franchise still languishes in the backseat as Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano prioritizes holding the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) in contempt for...
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