MANILA – A group of human rights lawyers on Tuesday slammed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision to revoke the incorporation papers of news website Rappler, saying the move is a prime example of “outrageous legalism.”
The Center for International Law (CenterLaw) said Rappler was denied due process when the corporate regulator decided to order the news website’s shut down instead of offering an opportunity to correct the mass media entity’s ownership structure.
“Thus, at best, the SEC’s decision is a prime example of outrageous legalism blind to law’s greater purposes; at worst, it is one cloaked with unconstitutional motivations,” CenterLaw said in a statement.
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