MANILA, Philippines — More senators on Monday backed a resolution that aims to censure Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. for his derogatory remarks against those pushing to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac).
The yet-to-be-filed resolution in the Senate was initiated by Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon following Parlade’s “stupid” remark against senators.
Aside from Drilon, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto, Senators Joel Villanueva, Nancy Binay, Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, and Grace Poe confirmed, in separate messages, signing the resolution.
Sotto said Parlade, spokesman of NT…
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