The House of Representatives approved House 6875 or the Anti-Terrorism Bill that would repeal the Human Security Act on third and final reading today, with 173 voting yes, 31 no and 29 abstain. The measure, an exact copy of the approved version in Senate, now only needs the signature of President Rodrigo Duterte who certified it urgent on June 1.
In less than two hours, #JUNKTERRORBILLNOW became the top trending topic with more than 429,000 tweets and #OustDuterte with 32,000.
#NoToJeepneyPhaseout#SaveLumadSchools#IbalikAngABSCBN#DefendPressFreedom#MassTestingNow#JunkTerrorBillNow
Ang dami na ng hashtags na ipinaglalaban natin 'no? So why not rid of the many-limbed monster by cutting off its head? The hashtag of all hashtags:#OUSTDUTERTE
— Juan Miguel Severo ?️? (@TheRainBro) June 3, 2020
They are the principal sponsors and authors of the Anti-Terror Bill that endangers the political and civil rights of every Filipino to free speech and dissent!
Remember their names. Bombard their social media with our calls to JUNK THE TERROR BILL!#JunkTerrorBill#OustDuterte pic.twitter.com/ZNGRK3siYZ
— Anakbayan (@anakbayan_ph) June 3, 2020
BITE THE HANDS THAT FEED YOU LIES. #JunkTerrorBill #OustDuterte #artph pic.twitter.com/r1NJqOrWNu
— sirocco ? (@siroc_co) June 3, 2020
WHY SHOULD WE #OUSTDUTERTE?
—a thread ALL about his inappropriate remarks, incompetence, how he ruins our lives, and why he should be ousted immediately.
— ً (@tsundyeri) May 31, 2020
#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW kung takot tayo sa terorista, edi #OUSTDUTERTENOW lang naman ang sagot dyan. he's the one railroading the anti-terror bill during a pandemic and the one who has threatened to kill his own people.
— Bea ? (@beablegaspi) June 3, 2020
DUTERTE URGENCY:
1. Marcos Burial
2. Pandemic Emergency Powers
3. ABS-CBN Shutdown
4. POGO
5. Anti-Terrorism Bill
6. World Bank loansDUTERTE SITTING PRETTY:
1. P6.4B BoC smuggled drugs
2. Mass Testing
3. Flattening COVID19 curve
4. Corruption
5. PANDEMIC#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW— Francis Baraan IV (@MrFrankBaraan) June 3, 2020
Many continue to express opposition to the bill even after it was approved House at around 6pm today.
The Constitution says when your you're arrested, you need to be charged within 72 hours or you go free. Under the "terror law", you can be arrested w/out warrant and detained for 14 days w/out charges, extendible by 10 days. How is this not wrong? #JUNKTERRORBILLNOW
— Renato Reyes, Jr. (@natoreyes) June 3, 2020
#JunkTerrorBill pic.twitter.com/qVHAnuXRiJ
— Catriona Gray (@catrionaelisa) June 3, 2020
#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW https://t.co/PucvcwDpNu
— Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (@PiaWurtzbach) June 3, 2020
silencing filipinos was more urgent to them than saving filipinos. remember that. #JunkTerrorBillNow
— kakie (@kakiep83) June 3, 2020
Hindi natin kailangan ng Anti-terror bill, kailangan natin ng trabaho, pagkain, health service, public transport at maayos na serbisyo ng gobyerno. #JunkTerrorBill pic.twitter.com/jcUxcSm9OO
— Kiko Pangilinan (@kikopangilinan) June 3, 2020
Let’s not forget that human rights is as equal and important as human lives. Now is not the time to be passive, speak up and stand up for you, for the Filipinos. Laban natin ito. #JUNKTERRORBILLNOW https://t.co/1KQt4PkXfu
— Dr. Gia Sison (@giasison) June 3, 2020
Hindi ba urgent din na malaman natin kung saan napunta yung 270+B natin? Yung breakdown po ba.
Urgent din yung compensation ng mga frontliners na nasawi dahil sa CoVid naibigay na ba?
Urgent na magawan ng paraan ang pagdurusa ng mga motorista na tila sila pa ang may sala ? https://t.co/DoGFQyvfay— Jodi Sta.Maria (@JodiStaMaria) June 3, 2020
The Anti-Terror Bill principal author called BLM protestors "terrorists". Let this be a lesson to us. This is what they see terrorism as. Fighting for our rights is not terrorism. WANTING JUSTICE IS NOT TERRORISM.#BlackLivesMatter#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW pic.twitter.com/YxZZyFBSNK
— ?♡? (@momotozakis) June 3, 2020
We plant our seeds to spread our message for the progress of this country.
It is our freedom of expression for the peace that we seek.And yet our government chooses to silence us.
ACTIVISM IS NOT TERRORISM.
PROTEST IS NOT TERRORISM.#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW pic.twitter.com/unYnSX4qwM— tabby ˚ ༘ #JUNKTERRORBILL (@soft_bloom_) June 3, 2020
If calling your president "buang" (crazy) is enough to get you charged for cyber libel, I'd hate to know what could be considered is terrorism under the bill. #JUNKTERRORBILLNOW pic.twitter.com/zmegX6Hz5s
— ░͎hͪ░w͓̽░iͥ░͎ ?️? (@u__un4_) June 3, 2020
Rep. Kit Belmonte, Rep. Benny Abante, Rep. Arlene Brosas, and Rep. Gabriel Bordado stood up for the Filipinos and fought with them. They deserve every bit of my respect. #JunkTerrorBill #JUNKTERRORBILLNOW pic.twitter.com/t2VwjxFcQZ
— #JunkTerrorBillNow (@defsclub) June 3, 2020
Don’t use “congressman” or “congresswoman.” Use gender neutral terms like pig, virus, traydor, taksil, pahirap sa sambayanan #JunkTerrorBill #JunkTerrorBillNOW
— Lakan (@jacques_lakan) June 3, 2020
#JunkTerrorBillNow SIGN PETITION HERE. https://t.co/ooCZ4kpsUU
— Gabbi Garcia ♡ (@gabbi) June 3, 2020
Our freedom is on the line. Our democracy is being altered. HINDI TAYO MATATAHIMIK. #JUNKTERRORBILLNOW https://t.co/HSzPq3dsSH pic.twitter.com/PvAOUmAloz
— Khalil Ramos (@TheKhalilRamos) June 3, 2020
Kung ang basehan nang ‘malawak’ na pag-intindi ng ibang congressmen sa batas ay yung citizenship ni Gabby Lopez, no wonder ganun na lang nila isulong ang Anti-Terror Bill.
We are f**ked. ☹️#JunkTerrorBill #IbalikAngABSCBN
— Agot Isidro (@agot_isidro) June 3, 2020
i did. all 63 pages (+the HSA). you can too if you would like to do something other than attempt to discredit me and my stand. 🙂
ito po yung link: https://t.co/zKtBHqIzm6#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW https://t.co/fnJ0mf8nuY
— Janina Vela ✨?? (@janinavela) June 3, 2020
I know it's scary.. But you are not alone. These trolls only have power when you give them the power to silence you. Don't let them. YOUR VOICE COUNTS. You count. And you are stronger and braver than you think. Sign the petition here. #JUNKTERRORBILLNOW https://t.co/kMr32zmV88
— Moira Dela Torre (@moirarachelle4) June 3, 2020
Walang
Makain
Tirahan
Edukasyon
Transportasyon
Gamot
Solusyon sa Covid pandemic?Eh ano may Anti-Terrorism Bill naman ??
— Raquel Fortun (@Doc4Dead) June 3, 2020
Many expressed how the government prioritized this or that they have had enough.
NAGPAPANIC ATTACK AKO #JUNKTERRORBILLNOW pic.twitter.com/EkYpKzahf7
— Macoy Dubs #JunkTerrorBillNOW (@macoydubs1) June 3, 2020
POV: Tired of y’all!
— #JunkTerrorBillNOW (@mimiyuuuh) June 3, 2020
Y’all are still thinking and prioritizing that bullshit, while the nation screams for peace and testing.
WELCOME TO THE PHILIPPINES WHERE LEADERS ARE THE GREATEST MONSTERS. #MassTestingNowPH #JUNKTERRORBILLNOW pic.twitter.com/wqjI5Je6WJ
— . (@onlyashd) June 3, 2020
iwa-chan is tired of the government's bullshit#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW#JunkTerrorBill pic.twitter.com/qS1lAKqugG
— xine✨ (@KAT0HARU) June 3, 2020
THIS GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZING OUR HEALTH AS WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A PANDEMIC!!! BUT THEY CHOSE TO PRIORITIZE A BILL WHERE THEY CAN BENEFIT POWER!!!
THIS GOVERNMENT IS FULL OF PIGS!!! WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED!!!!!!#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW #OUSTDUTERTENOW pic.twitter.com/TKAYB9z8R6
— c-j (@allweknowiscj) June 3, 2020
Many also encouraged everyone to speak out and resist.
Martin Niemöller for today in the Philippines, an adaptation of Martin Niemoller’s “First They Came” to the current Philippine context. #JUNKTERRORBILLNOW pic.twitter.com/k3G8E6UyL7
— #SaveLumadSchools (@maykamaykaba) June 3, 2020
Pilipinas, you're so hard to love but the fight continues #JUNKTERRORBILLNOW
— Jan Silverio (@JanSilverio) June 3, 2020
Sa mga kagaya kong malaki ang following sa social media, sana i-educate natin ang mga followers natin kung ano ang nangyayari sa bansa natin. Sobrang bilis magpost, mag RT, magshare ng information. Sana may pake tayo sa sarili nating bansa. Now is not the right time to be SILENT.
— #JunkTerrorBillNOW (@_angeldei) June 3, 2020
SPEAK UP. Remember if you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
If you have voice/platform PLEASE USE IT, don't stay silent during this time.#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW#OUSTDUTERTENOW pic.twitter.com/0fmz40W5gY
— #SaveLumadSchools (@maykamaykaba) June 3, 2020
REMEMBER.#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW #ActivismIsNotTerrorism pic.twitter.com/LQUWfOBj2B
— #SaveLumadSchools (@maykamaykaba) June 3, 2020
our voices shall not be silenced#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW pic.twitter.com/dGmCnzuldY
— sami⁷ ♡♡ (@JENNlEMOON) June 3, 2020
SPEAK OUT!
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS!
ACTIVISM IS NOT A CRIME!#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW #JUNKTERRORBILL pic.twitter.com/x30btUVWKv— dayn #JunkTerrorBill (@ironmaidayn) June 3, 2020
