MANILA, Philippines — The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) on Monday dismissed comparisons between “red-tagging” and the Anti-Terrorists Council’s (ATC) designation of 29 individuals as “terrorists,” saying that it “waters down” the gravity of terrorism. “Kahit nga yung decision ng ATC [even the decision of ATC], can actually be questioned before the Supreme Court,” Bosantag said. So they can actually review the actions of the ATC,” he added. Meanwhile, in the same press briefing, NTF-Elcac spokesperson for social media affairs Lorraine Marie Badoy reiterated that there is no such thing as “red-tagging” under the Philippine law. According to the online news portal, the term has already been used in journals and newspapers even before the CPP was founded in 1968.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 17, 2021 09:33 UTC