The gov't of Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. appears to be continuing his predecessor’s practice of tagging people as communists without basis, political analysts said at the weekend, after the indictment of members of a religious group for terrorist financing.
“This is a continuation of the previous administration’s policy of red-tagging, disinformation and weaponizing of the Anti-Terror Act against all critics of the government and those who work directly with the people,” Maria Ela L. Atienza, a political science professor at the University of the Philippines, said in a Viber message.
Last week, the Department of Justice charged 16 members of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines of financing the activities of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Army . It also said the indictment showed the state’s tendency to “demonize legal democratic organizations” critical of the government.
In May, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said he would be “more reserved” about accusing activists of being members of the Maoist movement.
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