MANILA, Philippines — Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite has a simple response to the claim of National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon that the members of his party-list have been acting against national security interests: Visit the Congress website. He urged the administration to stop wasting money checking on Bayan Muna legislators and other members of the Makabayan bloc. He then advised her to distance herself from Gabriela Women’s Party-list, one of the groups belonging to the Makabayan bloc. In the hearings, Parlade repeated his accusations against the Makabayan bloc and Colmenares, although he clarified that he never called Locsin an NPA member. Makabayan legislators also previously clashed with Parlade and Presidential Communications Operations Office Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy — both members of the NTF-ELCAC.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 04, 2020 16:52 UTC