Lawfare: CPP using its allies to silence detractors

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WHILE the Senate committee report on red-tagging was explicit about red-tagging being a nonissue as far as making it a criminal act is concerned and then asking the Makabayan bloc to denounce the violence of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), Sen. Risa Hontiveros, on the other hand, is adamant in ventilating that red-tagging creates a chilling effect on dissenters.