MANILA, Philippines — The bill in the Senate that seeks to criminalize red-tagging activities is “worrisome” and “very dangerous” to the country as it can be used as a “weapon” to “silence” those who want to expose the legal fronts of the communist rebels, an official of the government’s anti-insurgency task force said Wednesday.
National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lorraine Badoy said this after minority senators called for the passage of Senate Bill 2121 or the proposed “Act Defining and Penalizing Red-Tagging” after condemning the alleged red-tagging of Senate workers’ union by Director-General Alex Monteagudo of the National Intellig…
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