MANILA, Philippines — Two lawmakers from the Bayan Muna party-list on Friday joined the calls to fire Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Southern Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. after he threatened to sue INQUIRER.net reporter Tetch Torres-Tupas with the Anti-Terror Act for her report on Aetas who filed a petition before the Supreme Court.
“Parlade has been emboldened so much by being forgiven for his repeated blunders that he has no qualms in accusing anyone and everyone of being a terrorist. It must stop,” Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite said in a statement.
“The general is obviously too consumed by his anti-opposition hysteria that everyone who dares to tal…
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