CPP accuses DILG of ‘brazen red baiting’ to preempt protests

MANILA, Philippines --- The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) accused the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) of spreading word about an alleged plan of the party to disrupt the oath-taking of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on June 30 to preempt protests. "The DILG must be condemned for engaging in brazen red-baiting to justify their plan to use the police to suppress by force the planned mass actions by broad democratic sectors," Marcos Valbuena, CPP spokesperson, said in a statement sent to INQUIRER.net. "This clearly aims to intimidate and bully the people from joining the planned mass demonstrations," he added. In its statement ...

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