The Facts: In a post on the NTF-ELCAC’s Facebook page, its Spokesperson Lorraine Marie T. Badoy-Partosa expressed her disappointment with Baguio City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong’s directive not to post red-tagging posters or soc-med posts to assure the safety of activists and other cause-oriented groups.
Mayor Magalong issued this directive to the Baguio City PNP following reports that activists, which include students, said they feel ‘unsafe’ in the city being called out as communist rebels. He also initiated a consultation with red-tagged personalities before issuing the directive.
On March 21, 2022, Spokesperson Lorraine Badoy-Partosa released a statement on NTF-ELCAC’s Facebook page expressing that Mayor Magalong’s directives to the local PNP are protecting CPP-NPA rebels under the guise of Kabataan Party-list.
Badoy’s statement came after Mayor Magalong issued a directive to City Director PCol. Glenn D. Lonogan to take down any tarpaulin or poster that implies or implicitly ties local activists to the communist movement and its military arm, the New People’s Army.
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