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CPP asserts revolution is not terrorism, says ‘terror tag’ sets the stage for further repression
By RONALYN V. OLEA
MANILA – On its 52nd anniversary, the Communist Party of the Philippines slammed the Anti-Terrorism Council for designating the revolutionary group and the New People’s Army (NPA) as terrorist organizations.
In a statement sent to the media, the CPP rejected the label, saying the ATC’s move “is a precursor for heightened fascist suppression against the broad democratic forces which are being red-baited and persecuted for fighting Duterte’s tyrannical rule and schemes to perpetuate the Duterte political dynasty.”
December 21, 2020
Villanueva: Senators urge resumption of probe into senseless killing of citizens, including mother-and-son shot dead by police in Tarlac
The senseless killing of a woman and her son by a police officer highlights the prevailing culture of impunity among law enforcement agencies that should never be allowed to persist, senators said on Monday.
Senator Joel Villanueva said he and several senators have sought a public inquiry into the spate of unresolved, unlawful killings of citizens, including doctors, lawyers, journalists, and other advocates in different parts of the country, to break the cycle of violence perpetuated by the culture of impunity.
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Senators seek inquiry into series of killings of citizens to break culture of impunity By DONA MAGSINO, GMA News
Published December 21, 2020 6:45pm Six senators on Monday sought a legislative investigation into the series of killings in the country, including that of a mother and her son who were shot dead by a cop in Tarlac. At least 15 doctors, lawyers, journalists, and other members of the community had been killed in a span of just six months this year, from July to December, Senators Joel Villanueva, Sonny Angara, Nancy Binay, Grace Poe, Sherwin Gatchalian, and Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri pointed out in filing Senate Resolution No. 600.
De Lima releases 1000th Dispatch from Crame, slams Parlade for apparently red-tagging her
More than three and a half years since she was unjustly detained over trumped-up drug charges, Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has released her 1000th Dispatch from Crame where she reacted to an Opinion Piece falsely branding her as a coddler of communists last Dec. 18.
De Lima, the most prominent political prisoner under the Duterte regime, has written said Dispatch after Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. of the National Task Force to End Local Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) wrote an Opinion Piece entitled Tis no Leila s dilemma that communists have infiltrated Congress that was published by The Manila Times last Dec. 11.