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(File photo) MANILA - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday slammed leftist lawmaker France Castro of the Makabayan Bloc for calling the Department's directive urging all barangays in the country to prepare an inventory of unvaccinated individuals as a "witch-hunt" even as it assured the Commission on Human Rights that the program will never violate the individual's right to privacy. "To call the President's directive as well as the ordinances passed by the LGUs as a witch-hunt is completely irresponsible and uncalled for. We are facing an unprecedented global health emergency and we need to protect the unvaccinated. Again, the purpose of the inventory is to protect the unvaccinated from getting sick and dying as well as to protect our health care system from being overwhelmed. How is that a witch hunt?," DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said in a news release. "Moreover, it is neither unconstitutio

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