‘Red-tagging is an attack against democracy’
‘Red-tagging is an attack against democracy’
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – “Red-tagging will never be part of democracy.”
This is the reaction of House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro on the statement of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla during the 136th session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee last Oct. 10 where he said that red-tagging is part of democracy.
Castro clarifies that “red-tagging is part of a tyrannical rule and a dictatorship where the people are silenced and are criminalized by those in power.”
She added that it is used against citizens who are “pushing for legitimate demands of the people for adequate salary increase, security of tenure, lower prices of basic goods and commodities, and accessible social services.”
Activists assert that red-tagging or terror tagging made by government officials and other state agents endangers the lives of their colleagues, lawyers and all those who are critical of the government. Many reports have also shown that red-tagged activists were slapped with trumped-up charges, or worse get killed or disappeared.
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