MANILA, Philippines — Opposition senators on Wednesday took up the cudgels for members of the Senate union after they were red-tagged by no less than the head of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA), the primary intelligence-gathering and analysis arm of the government.
“We strongly condemn the red-tagging of the union of Senate employees and we vehemently denounce government officials who continue to label, brand, vilify, and harass individuals and organizations such as SENADO as state enemies and subversives,” a joint statement signed by Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, Senator Risa Hontiveros, Senator Leila de Lima and Senator Francis Pangilinan read.
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