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“Not being required, and in fact prohibited by law, the organizers should not be forced, and are within their right, to refuse to sign any disclosure forms. Lest some of the red-faced government officials forget, the 1987 Constitution recognizes the right of all citizens to participate in governmental and societal concerns, and mandates that these rights shall not be abridged.”
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – “Leave them alone for you already did.”
This is the statement of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) after the red-tagging of the community pantries and its organizers which prompted the Maginhawa Community Pantry to temporarily halt its operation today, April 20.
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