The NTF-ELCAC under Marcos says it will not weaponize the anti-terror law.
, especially in geographically challenged, isolated and disadvantaged areas,” the NTF-ELCAC said in a prepared statement.
But the task force had no details ready on Friday, including general conditions of the amnesty, and if it would cover all political prisoners. An ideal amnesty, according to a draft of previous peace talks, would cover all political prisoners and all their crimes and alleged charges, including common crimes. It’s a tricky subject that would test the political offense doctrine.
“We don’t know yet the nitty gritty of these recommendations so let’s just leave it at that,” said Carlos.There seems to be warring factions between the current NTF-ELCAC and the old NTF-ELCAC under President Rodrigo Duterte. Former press undersecretary Lorraine Badoy, one of NTF-ELCAC’s spokespersons notorious for red-tagging, said on Facebook that a current NTF-ELCAC official was trying to “silence” her.
Red-tagging is the act of linking a person or a group to the CPP-NPA, and a trend during Duterte’s time showed that many red-tagged people were eventually killed. Even Carlos said red-tagging was “unproductive” while Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said it is National Commission on Indigenous Peoples commissioner Allen Capuyan also said that “we will not weaponize the anti-terror law.”
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