Published December 16, 2020, 1:31 PM
The bill filed by the Duterte Youth Partylist reviving the anti-subversion law seeking to outlaw the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), and political arm,the National Democratic Front (NDF), reeks of desperation, an activist group said.
(Anakbayan)
According to Anakbayan, the House Bill 8231 or the Anti-CPP-NPA-NDF Act of 2021, the proposed measure will “legalize arrest based on belief and mere suspicion.”
“They know how baseless their accusations are and how their supposed evidences will not hold water in court,” said Anakbayan secretary general Vinz Simon.
The party’s representative Ducielle Cardema, wife of Commissioner Ronald Cardema of the National Youth Commission, filed the bill on Monday.
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