Palace: Cybercrime law flawed but has merits  Posted at
02/06/2013 4:02 PM | Updated as of 02/06/2013 4:02 PM  MANILA -
Malacañang on Wednesday continued to insist on the merits of
Republic Act 10175, also known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act
of 2012, even while describing the law as imperfect.  Deputy
presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said that while the
government finds the law’s “take-down clause” defective, there
are cybercrimes that the government seeks to combat.  Asked why
President Aquino signed the bill knowing that the measure was
flawed, Valte said that the President could not do a line-item
veto on a non-revenue bill.  “If you look at the entirety of the
bill, marami hong magandang intensyon ang batas. I think nobody
will argue that identity fraud should be a crime, nobody will
argue that our women and children need to be protected if they
are exploited for pornography on the Internet. And remember,
hindi naman po ito tariff or revenue bill so it cannot be
vetoed. Wala pong line-item veto