MANILA, Philippines — Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), is exercising his freedom of speech when he “red-tagged” several groups and individuals as having ties with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CCP) or the New People’s Army (NPA).
Assistant Solicitor-General Marissa de la Cruz-Galandines made this point on Tuesday during the oral arguments over petitions filed at the Supreme Court seeking the nullification of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.
Parlade, who is the commander of the Southern Luzon Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, has made several social media posts accusi…
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