MANILA, Philippines — The government is not red-tagging the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives and other “legal communist fronts,” President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday night.
In a televised briefing, Duterte backed the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and said that the groups are only being identified “as members in the grand conspiracy comprising all the legal fronts that they have organized headed by the National Democratic Front.”
“Itong mga legal fronts ng mga komunista, lahat yan Makabayan, Bayan, they are all legal fronts—Gabriela. We are not red-tagging you. We are identifying you as members in the grand conspiracy comprising all the legal fronts that t…
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