MANILA, Philippines — Former Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casio on Tuesday dared the security sector to show evidence that progressive lawmakers personally recruited for the New People’s Army (NPA.)
But National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. failed to categorically state whether or not some former and incumbent lawmakers belonging to the Makabayan bloc recruited NPA members.
At the continuation of the Senate probe into the alleged red-tagging by military officials, Casio demanded answers from the security sector regarding the names of individuals he allegedly recruited for the NPA.
“Ni walang ebidensya and yet they are here in the Senate, ginagamit ho nilang plataporma …
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