The Baguio City mayor says young constituents must be saved from 'unnecessary vilification' and deserve to be kept safe from persecution and harassment.
They also accused the mayor of ordering the removal of posters declaring the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army as persona non grata in the city.
Under his chairmanship, the Regional Peace and Order Council endorsed Dumanon, Makitongtong , a program patterned from Tokhang, targeting individuals suspected of having links with communist rebels.Magalong has not recently made statements on human rights or against red-tagging. The mayor recalled that he had been fighting communist guerrillas in Luzon and Mindanao since graduating from the Philippine Military Academy in 1982. His first assignment was in Abra, one of the country’s rebel strongholds in the 1980s, where he was wounded in combat.
“To be accused that I have turned my back on my lifelong commitment against the CPP/NPA is a grave insult that sweeps aside my lengthy and loyal service to the Philippines,” Magalong stated.
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