MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc have expressed confidence that the House of Representatives’ leadership would not allow an investigation into allegations that their members are part of the communist movement.
According to a statement from the Makabayan on Thursday, they believe Speaker Lord Allan Velasco would not approve of such a probe since the accusations of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Insurgency (NTF-ELCAC) are baseless.
NTF-ELCAC has insisted that the Makabayan bloc, composed of lawmakers from party-list groups Bayan Muna, Gabriela, Alliance of Concerned Teachers, and Kabataan, are ranking members of the Communist Party of th…
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