Published May 20, 2021, 6:30 PM
While several congressional leaders crossed partylines to condemn the alleged red-tagging efforts against organizers and supporters of community pantries, a senior administration lawmaker bluntly threatened to link a young solon to the communist rebellion during a briefing on the controversy conducted recently by the House Committee on Human Rights Senior Majority Leader and Cavite Rep. Crispin Remulla’s behavior during the hearing drew sharp criticisms from the Makabayan bloc that admitted on Thursday, May 20 to raise to Speaker Lord Allan Velasco the administration solon’s alleged demonstration of disrespect to a fellow legislator.
“All of us are members of the House of Representatives so certainly we will bring this matter to our head in the minority, as well as in the House leadership,” House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said in response to a reporter’s query during a Makabayan press conference on Thu
PNP lauded for apologizing for missteps in initial treatment of Maginhawa community pantry mb.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mb.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published May 11, 2021, 11:22 AM
Commission on Human Rights
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) launched on Tuesday, May 11, its “Usapang Karapatan sa Halalan Campaign,” a year-long platform for the discussion on human rights and the May 2022 elections.
Managed by the Human Rights Education and Promotion Office, the CHR said it “gives prime importance to mainstreaming the right to political participation, especially the right to vote, from a human rights lens.”
“With the 2022 national and local elections fast approaching, it is our hope that this campaign will support the Commission on Election’s (Comelec’s) registration drive, encourage more people to register and actively vote, and actively participate and meaningfully exercise their right to political participation,” it said in its Twitter post.