Gabriela Partylist questions the random inspection to be implemented by the Philippine National Police (PNP) on protesters during President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA).
The party-list said the said measure violates the constitutional right to privacy.
According to their statement, the random inspection might probably lead to harassment or arrest of protesters without a proper warrant.
“Such security overkill dangerously sets up a pretext for intimidation, harassment and even warrantless arrest of activists based on planted evidence,” they said in their statement.
An estimate of over 40,000 protesters will join the anti-Duterte administration rally on Monday (July 22).
The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced on Thursday (July 18) that they will ‘most likely’ conduct random inspections on protesters as part of their strict implementation of security measures.—AAC (with reports from Grace Casin)
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