Order in the Court: Is it legal to arrest people drinking, smoking on streets?

MANILA, Philippines – The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers has a reminder: the police can’t just arrest people under the “Safer Metro Manila Plan” of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Philippine National Police.
If the ordinance you violated has no jail time as penalty, there will be no grounds to arrest or detain you.
Rappler reporter Jairo Bolledo discusses the legality of the “Safer Metro Manila Plan” in this episode of Order in the Court. – Rappler.com

Reporter, producer, writer, video editor: Jairo Bolledo
Supervising editors: Miriam Grace Go, Jee Geronimo

Editor’s Note: The English subtitles for the video above were generated with an OpenAI model based on the video report written and produced by Rappler reporter Jairo Bolledo. The translation was edited by Bolledo, an editor, and by our production team before publication.