MANILA, Philippines — Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate on Wednesday said he did not accuse the Senate or its defense committee of engaging in “witch-hunting” during its investigation into the issue of red-tagging.
“I did not refer to the Senate and the Senate committee led by Sen. Ping Lacson as engaged in witch-hunting,” Zarate said in a statement.
“I was clearly referring to the NTF-ELCAC (National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict) and the security sector,” he added.
This, after Lacson, who led the inquiry as chair of the Senate defense committee, hit the Makabayan bloc over Zarate’s remark that the Senate defense committee hearing “has been reduced to a ven…
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