MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers from the House of Representatives’ Makabayan bloc again insist that they are neither ranking members of the Communist Party of the Philippines and New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), nor do they recruit people to become communist fighters.
In the latest joint statement from the lawmakers, they refute the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) assertions that they are officials of the CPP-NPA — just after they clarify matters on a Senate hearing on red-tagging.
During the hearing, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. maintained his claim that CPP-NPA and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP…
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