“Although we couldn’t agree more with the Justice Secretary that the police do not follow protocols in executing the bloody war on drugs, Mr. Guevarra has failed to mention that the justice department is all but an enabler of the widely-criticized war, as it failed to hold the abusive authorities to account. Moreover, Mr. Guevarra didn’t mention that it was no less than President Duterte who encouraged authorities to shoot drug addicts at the expense of human rights,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
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“Useless” Parlade asked to resign over “waste of public funds in red-tagging spree”
“We demand Mr. Parlade to tender his resignation anytime starting today, as he has no political and moral grounds to hold such position. The raging clamor against his malicious yet dangerous red-tagging spree deserves his military career, nothing less,” Pedro Gonzales, PAMALAKAYA Vice Chairman Emeritus said in a statement.
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“The government has been presenting unfounded claims from unreliable witnesses linking legal democratic organizations to the rebel movement which makes the latter targets of state-sponsored attacks and abuses. Red-tagging is baseless yet dangerous and deadly, simply put,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
Read moreDeclare Parlade “persona non grata” in Cavite; fishers’ group to Gov. Remulla
Manila, Philippines – The Spokesperson for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade should be declared as a “persona non grata” or an unwelcome person in the province of Cavite, according to the provincial chapter of the national fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA).
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