MANILA, Philippines — Army Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. apologized Tuesday after his controversial remark against INQUIRER.net journalist Tetch Torres-Tupas who reported on a petition against the Anti-Terror Law in the Supreme Court.
In an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel, Parlade, who serves as executive director of the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), said he is willing to meet Torres-Tupas following the issue.
Critics slammed the military official for tagging the journalist as “propagandist” and threatening to inflict the Anti-Terrorism Act against Tupas.
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