The Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to file simultaneously terrorism complaint, multiple murder and other criminal charges against Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo “Anie” A. Teves Jr. for the March 4 killings of nine persons, including Gov. Roel R. Degamo. Teves has been tagged as “mastermind” in the slaying of Degamo.  While still abroad, Teves has denied the allegations against him. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Wednesday afternoon, April 26, said: “The case against Cong. Teves for multiple murder, multiple frustrated murder, multiple attempted murder will be filed very soon.  We will also file a case for terrorism simultaneous with the multiple murder cases.” Remulla, who is a member of the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC), said the council convened on April 26.  “We started the process of designating Cong. Arnie Teves as a terrorist,” he said. “A technical working group has been formed for this purpose to recommend the action of the Anti-Terror Council as to the designation of Arnie Teves,” he also said. During the ATC meeting, Remulla said he answered questions of the council members concerning the designation of the Teves and his criminal group which he cited is provided for under Republic Act No. 11479, the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. “We are prepared for legal chances because there might be people who may legally challenge the use of the Anti-Terror Law for this purpose,” he said. He said he pointed out to the ATC that Degamo was the highest elected government official in Negros Oriental. “If a person with the rank of governor can be killed in his own home because of forces like this then who would not be terrorized by such an action,” he stressed. The next ATC meeting will tackle the designation of Teves’ criminal group as part of the agenda. He said there are at least four other persons who would be named as part of Teves’ terrorist group, one of them is Marvin H. Miranda, then bodyguard of the congressman, who was alluded to as the “casting director” in the plot to kill Degamo. Once tagged as a terrorist, Remulla said “the duty of rendition comes in to the UN (United Nations) member states because he will be enrolled in the UN list of terrorists.” “The duty of rendition is actually the duty to arrest the person who has been tagged as terrorist,” he explained. Once Teves is designated as terrorist, Remulla said the ATC can also ask the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to take action against him by moving “to freeze his assets.” Earlier, Remulla had said that “the acts involving multiple murder and the fashion by which it was carried out including the recruitment of gunmen and use of high-powered firearms certainly falls within the coverage of the anti-terror law.”