The Department of Justice welcomed the Supreme Court of the Rules on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 and related terrorism laws.

According to Assistant Secretary Jose Dominic F. Clavano IV, the rules "provide the mechanism to file petitions and other similar pleadings in relation to the ATA."

He also said the rules "address contentious topics such as designation, proscription, surveillance, detention without judicial warrant of arrest, and significantly it also added the remedy or recourse for those who believe they have unjustly been designated."

Clavano said, "The department, together with the Supreme Court, understands the balance it must maintain between individual rights and collective rights of the Filipino people."

These individual rights that have to be protected include data privacy, free speech, freedom of expression and freedom of the press.

Clavano said that the state has to ensure "the right to be secure of your person, and the peace and security issues that we currently face."

"The rules were adopted so that the SC can referee for these rights that clash in these issues," Clavano stressed.