Red-tagging issues in the Philippines

1. RED-TAGGING
IN THE
PHILIPPINES

2. BACKGROUND
• On 3 July 2020, Philippine President
Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the
RA No. 11479 known as “Anti-
Terrorism Act of 2020”, which
repealed the RA No. 9372 known as
the “Human Security Act of 2007”.
• Authors: Sen. Ping Lacson, Sen. Tito Sotto, Sen. Aimee Marcos, Et.al

3. SECTION 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY
•It is declared a policy of the State to protect
life, liberty, and property from terrorism, to
condemn terrorism as inimical and dangerous
to the national security of the country and to
the welfare of the people, and to make
terrorism a crime against the Filipino people,
against humanity, and against The Law of
Nations.

4. SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS – AS
USED IN THIS ACT:
•Designated Person shall refer to:
Any individual, group of persons, organizations,
or associations designated and/or identified by the
United Nations Security Council, or another jurisdiction,
or supranational jurisdiction as a terrorist, one who
finances terrorism, or a terrorist organization or group;
or any person, organization, association, or group of
persons designated under paragraph 3 of Section 25 of
this act.

5. SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS – AS
USED IN THIS ACT:
•Material Support:
Shall refer to any property, tangible or intangible,
or service, including currency or monetary instruments
or financial securities, financial services, lodging,
training, expert advice or assistance, safe houses, false
documentation or identification, communications
equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances,
explosives, personnel (one or more individuals who
may be or include oneself) , and transportation.

6. SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS – AS
USED IN THIS ACT:
•Recruit:
Shall refer to any act to encourage other people to
join a terrorist individual or organization, association
or group of persons proscribed under Section 26 of
this Act, or designated by the United Nations Security
Council as a terrorist organization, or organized for the
purpose of engaging in terrorism.

7. SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS – AS
USED IN THIS ACT:
•Surveillance Activities:
Shall refer to any act of tracking down, following,
or investigating individuals or organizations; or the
tapping, listening, intercepting, and recording of
messages, conversations, discussions, spoken or
written words, including computer and network
surveillance, and other communications of individuals
engaged in terrorism as defined hereunder.

8. SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS – AS
USED IN THIS ACT:
•Training:
Shall refer to the giving of instruction or teaching
designed to impart a specific skill in relation to
terrorism as defined hereunder, as proposed to general
knowledge.
•Terrorist Individual:
Shall refer to any natural person who commits any
of the acts defined and penalized under Sections 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of this Act.

9. THE ACT DEFINES TERRORISM AS:
• Engaging in acts intended to cause death or serious
bodily injury to any person or endangers a person’s
life;
• Any person, or group of persons, organizations
seriously undermine public safety, shall be guilty of
committing terrorism and shall suffer the penalty of
life imprisonment without the benefit of parole and
the benefits of Republic Act No. 10592,

10. otherwise known as “An Act Amending Articles 29, 94,
97, 98 and 99 of RA No. 3815, as amended, otherwise
known as the Revised Penal Code”. Provided, that
terrorism as defined in this section shall not include
advocacy, protest, dissent, stoppage of work,
industrial or mass action, and other similar exercises
of civil and political rights, which are not intended to
cause death or serious physical harm to a person, to
endanger a person’s life, or to create a serious risk to
public safety.

11. THE LAW ALSO PUNISHES THE FOLLOWING
OFFENCES WITH 12 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT:
•Threatening to commit ‘terrorism’
•Inciting others or proposing to commit
‘terrorism’
•Voluntarily and knowingly joining any ‘terrorist
group’
•Acting as an accessory in the commission of
‘terrorism’

12. SECTION 7. CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT
TERRORISM
Any conspiracy to commit terrorism as defined
and penalized under Section 4 of this Act shall suffer
the penalty of life imprisonment without the benefit of
parole and the benefits of RA No. 10592.
There is conspiracy when two (2) or more persons
come to an agreement concerning the commission of
terrorism as defined in Section 4 hereof and decide to
commit the same.

13. SECTION 13. HUMANITARIAN EXEMPTION
Humanitarian activities undertaken by the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),
the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), and other stage-
recognized impartial humanitarian partners or
organizations in the conformity with the
International Humanitarian Law (IHL), do not fall
within the scope of Section 12 of this Act.

14. SECTION 14. ACCESSORY
• Any person who, having knowledge of the commission of any of
the crimes defined and penalized under Section 4 of this Act,
without having participated therein, takes part subsequent to its
commission in any of the following manner: (a) by profiting
himself/herself or assisting the offender to profit by the effects of
the crime; (b) by concealing or destroying the body of the crime, or
the effects, or instruments thereof, in order to prevent its
discovery; or (c) by harboring, concealing, or assisting in the
escape of the principal or conspirator of the crime, shall be liable
as an accessory and shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of
twelve (12) years.

15. SECTION 15. PENALTY FOR PUBLIC OFFICIAL
If the offender found guilty of any of the acts defined
and penalized under any of the provisions of this Act is a
public official or employee, he/she shall be charged with
the administrative offense of grave misconduct and/or
disloyalty to the Republic of the Philippines and the Filipino
People, and be meted with the penalty of dismissal from
the service, with the accessory penalties of cancellation of
civil service eligibility, forfeiture of retirement benefits and
perpetual absolute disqualification from running for any
elective office or holding any public office.

16. SECTION 29. DETENTION WITHOUT JUDICIAL
WARRANT OF ARREST
The provisions of Article 125 of the Revised Penal
Code to the contrary notwithstanding, any law enforcement
agent or military personnel, who, having been duly
authorized in writing by the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC)
has taken custody of a person suspected of committing any
of the acts defined and penalized under Sections 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of this Act, shall without incurring any
criminal liability for delay in the delivery of detained
persons to the proper judicial authorities, deliver said
suspected person to the proper judicial authority within

17. SECTION 29. DETENTION WITHOUT JUDICIAL
WARRANT OF ARREST
a period of fourteen (14) calendar days counted the moment
the said suspected person has been apprehended or arrested,
detained, and taken into custody by the law enforcement
agent or military personnel. The period of detention maybe
extended to a maximum period of ten (10) calendar days if it
is established that (1) further detention of the person/s is
necessary to preserve evidence related to terrorism or
complete the investigation; (2) further detention of the
person/s is necessary to prevent the commission of another
terrorism; and (3) the investigation is being conducted
properly and without delay.

18. SECTION 29. DETENTION WITHOUT JUDICIAL
WARRANT OF ARREST
Immediately after taking custody of a person suspected of
committing terrorism or any member of a group of persons,
organization or association proscribed under Section 26 hereof,
the law enforcement agent or military personnel shall notify in
writing the judge of the court nearest the place of apprehension
or arrest of the following facts: (a) the time, date, and manner
of arrest; (b) the location or locations of the detained suspect/s
and (c) the physical and mental condition of the detained
suspect/s. The law enforcement agent or military personnel
shall likewise furnish the ATC and the Commission on Human
Rights (CHR) of the written notice given to the judge.

19. SECTION 29. DETENTION WITHOUT JUDICIAL
WARRANT OF ARREST
The head of the detaining facility shall ensure that the
detained suspect is informed of his/her rights as a
detainee and shall ensure access to the detainee by his/her
counsel or agencies and entities authorized by law to
exercise visitorial powers over detention facilities.
The penalty of imprisonment of ten (10) years shall be
imposed upon the police or law enforcement agent or
military personnel who fails to notify any judge as provided
in the preceding paragraph.

20. SECTION 30. RIGHTS OF A PERSON UNDER
CUSTODIAL DETENTION
The moment a person charged with or suspected of
committing any of the acts defined and penalized under
Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of this Act is
apprehended or arrested and detained, he/she shall
forthwith be informed, by the arresting law enforcement
agent or military personnel to whose custody the person
concerned is brought, of his/her right: (a) to be informed
of the nature and cause of his/her arrest, to remain silent
and to have competent and independent counsel preferably
of his/her choice, the law enforcement agent or military

21. SECTION 30. RIGHTS OF A PERSON UNDER
CUSTODIAL DETENTION
personnel concerned shall immediately contact the
free legal assistance unit of the Integrated Bar of
the Philippines (IBP) or the Public Attorney’s Office
(PAO). It shall be the duty of the free legal
assistance unit of the IBP or the PAO thus
contracted to immediately visit the person/s
detained and proved him/her with legal assistance.
These rights cannot be waived except in writing and
in the presence of his/her counsel of choice;

22. SECTION 30. RIGHTS OF A PERSON UNDER
CUSTODIAL DETENTION
(b) informed of the cause or causes of his/her
detention in the presence of his legal counsel; ©
allowed to communicate freely with his/her legal
counsel and to confer with them at any time without
restriction; (d) allowed to communicate freely and
privately without restrictions with the members of
his/her family or with his/her nearest relatives and to
be visited by them; and (e) allowed free to avail of the
service of a physician or physicians of choice.

23. SECTION 31. VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF
A DETAINEE
The penalty of imprisonment of ten (10) years shall be
imposed upon any law enforcement agent or military
personnel who has violated the rights of persons under their
custody, as provided for in Sections 29 and 30 of this Act.
Unless the law enforcement agent or military
personnel who violated the rights of a detainee or detainees
as stated above is duly identified, the same penalty shall be
imposed on the head of the law enforcement unit or military
unit having custody of the detainee at the time the violation
was done.

24. Sec. 33. No Torture or Coercion in Investigation and
Interrogation. The use of torture and other cruel,
inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment,
as defined in Sections 4 and 5 of RA No. 9745
otherwise known as the “Anti-Torture Act of 2009,”
at any time during the investigation or
interrogation of a detained suspected terrorist is
absolutely prohibited and shall be penalized under
said law.

25. EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 70
•Institutionalizing the Whole-of-Nation
Approach in Attaining Inclusive and
Sustainable Peace, Creating a National Task
Force to End Local Communist Armed
Conflict, and Directing the Adoption of a
National Peace Framework.

26. Section 2. Creation of the National Task Force
to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. To
ensure efficient and effective implementation of
the Whole-of-Nation approach, a National Task
Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict
(Task Force) is hereby created under the Office
of the President (OP).

27. WHAT IS RED-TAGGING?
Red-tagging, also known as red-baiting, has been used
for decades in the Philippines in the government’s
campaign against the communist New People’s Army
(NPA), which began in 1969. The
government’s counterinsurgency efforts include
publicly accusing activists, journalists, politicians, and
others and their organizations of being directly
involved in the fighting or supporting the NPA. The
Philippine military has long been responsible for large
numbers of extrajudicial killings and torture of alleged
communists.

28. “Red-tagging is a pernicious practice that
targets people who often end up being
harassed or even killed,” said Carlos
Conde, senior Philippines researcher at
Human Rights Watch. “Red-tagging is
rapidly shrinking the space for peaceful
activism in the Philippines.”

29. Red-tagging has become deadlier since Rodrigo
Duterte became president in 2016.
Duterte created the National Task Force on Ending
Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC),
with billions of pesos at its disposal, making red-
tagging his government’s official policy. The task
force is composed of, and headed by, former
military officials. It carries out red-tagging
through its social media posts and official
pronouncements.

30. •The harassment and attacks against Indigenous
peoples contribute to making the Philippines
one of Asia’s most dangerous countries for
environmental activists and land defenders.
Activists are also harassed through the justice
system, with many facing politically motivated
charges for defamation and other fabricated
offenses.

31. •Individuals who are red-tagged often end up being
persecuted or even killed. Institutionalized in state
policy, Philippines law enforcement officers
have used red-tagging to intimidate and harass
indigenous members, leaders, and activists who
oppose government-backed projects.
•The Government of the Republic of the Philippines
repeatedly announced in recent years that the NPA
is down to about 3,700 fighters.
SYSTEMATIC PERSECUTION

32. IS RED-BAITING THE SAME AS TERRORIST-TAGGING?
• There is “no technical, legal definition of red-tagging
and terrorist tagging,” human rights lawyer Gian Miko
Arabejo of Alternative Law Groups (ALG) told VERA
Files in an email interview on Nov. 9.
• Terror-tagging, he said, may be considered a “broader
term” to refer to the act of “maliciously” accusing
individuals or organizations of being terrorists. On the
other hand, “red-tagging” is when persons or
organizations are “maliciously accused of being
members or associates” of the NPA.

33. WHY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OR ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE
MOSTLY THE TARGET OF RED-TAGGING?
-Upon the implementation of the NTF-ELCAC, most
indigenous leaders has become the target of red-tagging.
Why?
-Because they are the vulnerable individuals who are the
primary recruitment targets of the New People’s Army
(NPA). They attracted these indigenes as a front-runner to
attack the governments. Simply because, these people are
living in the far-flung barangays so they can be easily
brainwash.

34. -Also, they are always been complaining the government
that they are not given equal liberty, opportunity and
access to government socio-economic programs like;
health, education, jobs and etc.
-Contrary to what the Philippine government’s agenda
where they are priority among other individuals in the
community.
-4Ps (boosting IP’s family inclusion)
-Malasakit (access to medical care)
-Priority in job opportunities of presented a Certificate of
Indigence

35. • In 2020, longtime land rights activist and human rights
defender Randall “Randy” Echanis was murdered in his
hometown. His body was reportedly marked with multiple
stabs and gunshot wounds. Before his death, Echanis was
a staunch critic of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
• Angelo Karlo “AK” Guillen was also red-tagged and
threatened countless times. For years, Guillen advocated
against the Anti-Terrorism law and worked as the counsel
for indigenous people in prominent cases, including nine
who were killed by police in December 2020.
RED-TAGGING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
AND ACTIVISTS

36. • Violence and intimidation against journalists have also
become common. Maria Ressa, a prominent journalist and
2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was red-tagged by the
government-back media platform, Sonshine Media
Network International (SMNI). In a SMNI show, Lorraine
Badoy, a former anti-insurgency spokesperson,
criticized Rappler, the independent online media
organization co-founded by Ressa, as being a “destroyer
of the Philippines.” He also published content that branded
Ressa as an “enemy of the state.”
RED-TAGGING OF JOURNALISTS

37. •Rey Valmores, activist and chair of the leading
LGBTQI+ rights organization, Bahaghari (Rainbow)
Philippines, was stalked several times by suspected
security forces in 2020 and 2021. In November,
Valmores and her group were red-tagged by SMNI,
increasing their vulnerability to discrimination.
RED-TAGGING OF LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY

38. •Between 2016 and 2021, there have been at
least 126 cases of extrajudicial killings of members
and leaders of indigenous communities after being
red-tagged. Beverly Longid, a member of the
Bantok-Kankanaey indigenous people and
the international officer of Katribu (national alliance
of Indigenous Peoples organizations in the
Philippines), has long been a target of red-tagging.
RED-TAGGING OF INDIGENOUS GROUPS

39. •A recent development in public discussions of red-
tagging is a piece of legislation proposed
by progressive lawmakers in the House of
Representatives that aims to criminalize the act.
The explanatory note accompanying the Anti-Red-
tagging Act of 2021 states that the practice must
be criminalized because it involves the use of
public funds and has “an injurious and irreversible
impact” on victims.
A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION

40. WHAT IS THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE CPP-NPA
IN THE COUNTRY?
• The CPP-NPA — as one entity — was declared in December 2017
as a “designated/identified terrorist group” by President Rodrigo
Duterte through Proclamation No. 374 on the basis of Republic
Act (RA) 10168, or the Terrorism Financing Prevention and
Suppression Act of 2012. However, it has not been outlawed
pending its proscription by the Court of Appeals (CA).
• Under RA 10168, a “designated/identified terrorist group” will fall
under the jurisdiction of the Anti-Money Laundering Council
(AMLC) for the freezing and forfeiture of properties or funds
because the law criminalizes financing of terrorism.

41. INSURGENCY ENDING BUT EXTERNAL THREATS
RISING, SAYS MARCOS AS AFP TOLD TO ADJUST
STRATEGY
By: John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ
INQUIRER.net / 03:11 PM March 22, 2023
• Saying the fight against communist insurgency is “coming to an
end,” President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday
ordered the Philippine Army to recalibrate its strategy and
prepare for a more “complex and unpredictable” external
security environment.
• During his speech on the 126th founding anniversary of the
Philippine Army, the commander-in-chief said that the Army
should now focus its mission on paving the way for the
disbandment of communist rebels.

42. SARA DUTERTE IS NEW CO-VICE CHAIR OF
NTF-ELCAC
By: Cristina Chi - Philstar.com
May 10, 2023 | 7:47pm
• Designation during the NTF-ELCAC’s executive meeting on
Wednesday in her concurrency as education secretary. National
Security Advisor Eduardo Año said in a press briefing at
Malacañang.
• “Her unstilting commitment to the cause of the NTF-ELCAC will
undoubtedly be valuable to the task force, and we thank her for
accepting the challenge,” he said.

43. VP SARA DUTERTE IS NEW CO-VICE
CHAIR OF NTF-ELCAC
• Año added that Duterte, as co-vice chairperson of the
government’s anti-communist task force, will help
supervise “regional peace and development” in the different
regions.
• Said further, in the same press briefing that Marcos’
“marching orders” to the task force is to “sustain (the)
whole-of-nation approach to peace and development to
prevent communist-terrorist (sic), their front organizations
and other lawless elements from recruiting and gaining
power.”

44. VP SARA DUTERTE IS NEW CO-VICE CHAIR
OF NTF-ELCAC
• Karapatan Secretary-General Tinay Palabay said in an initial statement
that Duterte’s designation shows the “greater need” to abolish the task
force, which has been “responsible for the numerous cases of human
rights violations.”
• Complaints against former officials of NTF-ELCAC have been filed before
the Office of the Ombudsman over their red-tagging, although the graft
buster office has yet to resolve them.
• Duterte, meanwhile, has previously issued statements in her capacity as
DepEd secretary criticizing the Alliance of Concerned Teachers for
allegedly being supportive of the ideologies espoused by communist
groups.

45. VP SARA DUTERTE IS NEW CO-VICE CHAIR
OF NTF-ELCAC
• These statements prompted the organization to write to the
International Labor Organization urging them to intervene amid the
possible violation of rights being in her remarks red-tagging the group.
When asked about the ILO case filed by ACT, Assistant Solicitor General
Angelita Miranda, a representative of the NTF-ELCAC Legal Cooperation
Cluster, responded that red-tagging is legally non-existent, citing court
decisions that junked several pleas for writs of amparo filed by groups
who said they have experienced state-sponsored harassment.
• “There's no such word as red-tagging. It's legally non-existent. As I've
been voicing out in the legal cooperation cluster, there has been several
writs of amparo filed before this admin, during [administration of former
President Rodrigo] Duterte, and all were thrown out,” Miranda said.

46. VP SARA DUTERTE IS NEW CO-VICE CHAIR
OF NTF-ELCAC
• In 2021, Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo acknowledged the
need to adapt to changing times while protecting peoples’
rights as he confirmed that the Supreme Court is reviewing its
rules on the extraordinary writs of kalikasan and amparo, or
the protection writ.
• This is “to ensure that human rights defenders are afforded
timely, relevant and comprehensive legal protection from
threats to their lives, security and liberty, including red-tagging
and gendered threats received by women and queer human
rights defenders,” they told the chief justice.

47. AFP REDEPLOYS MINDANAO-BASED TROOPS TO
KNOWN NPA HOTBED SAMAR, PANAY
By: John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ
INQUIRER.net / 11:12 PM May 10, 2023
• “We have come to a point in our country’s history when a half-a-
century’s fight with insurgents is coming to an end,” Marcos said.
“With the declining numbers of the Communist Terrorist Group, we
must now recalibrate our military approach.”
• “As our ground troops, you have done the difficult part of clearing
our communities of internal security threats. You must now continue
being the catalyst to their surrender and disarmament,” he added.
• The Philippine government estimated that as of 2022, the 53-year-
old NPA has over 2,000 forces and 1,800 firearms in its arsenal.

48. NTF-ELCAC SWITCHES FROM ‘AGGRESSIVE’
STRATEGY TO BECOME ‘BRINGERS OF PEACE’
• The National Task Force to End Local Communist
Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) is shifting from its
“aggressive” policy to become “bringers of peace,”
officials of the anti-communist task force said on
Wednesday.
• National Security Adviser Eduardo Año said this was
the orders relayed during the executive committee
meeting with Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin in
Malacañang.

49. NTF-ELCAC SWITCHES FROM ‘AGGRESSIVE’
STRATEGY TO BECOME ‘BRINGERS OF PEACE’
•“This is what the President desires for our
people,” he added.
•Back in March, President Ferdinand “Bongbong”
Marcos Jr. ordered the Armed Forces of the
Philippines to focus on external threats as he
deems that the communist insurgency in the
country is ending.

50. NTF-ELCAC SWITCHES FROM ‘AGGRESSIVE’
STRATEGY TO BECOME ‘BRINGERS OF PEACE’
• Ernesto Torres Jr. the NTF-Elcac’s executive director,
said the task force is changing its strategy as the
communist insurgency continues to weaken.
• He said, “in the past, if you might have observed, that
we are really that aggressive in going after different
threats of society particularly the CPP-NPA because
we had 89 guerrilla fronts in start of 2019, so just
imagine in just a little of four years, we are able to
bring it down to 22.

51. NTF-ELCAC SWITCHES FROM ‘AGGRESSIVE’
STRATEGY TO BECOME ‘BRINGERS OF PEACE’
• Año has also noted that of the 22 guerrilla fronts left,
20 are weakened and the remaining two are the
subject of focused military operations.
• Every NPA guerrilla front should have at least three
platoons with around 100 armed members, according
to Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa.

52. 57 FRS GET AID FROM NEG.OCC NTF-ELCAC
PUBLISHED ON: MAY 22, 2023
By Easter Anne Doza
Philippine Information Agency
• NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (PIA) –- Some 57 former rebels from the
different local government units in the province received food
packs and cash assistance from the government as part of the
initiative of the Negros Occidental National Task Force to End
Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).
• Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said the provincial government is
committed to assist and support the FRs as they re-integrate into
society while the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration
Program (E-CLIP) assistance from the national government is
being processed.

53. 57 FRS GET AID FROM NEGOCC NTF-ELCAC
PUBLISHED ON: MAY 22, 2023
• “It is my utmost aspiration that more of our Negrense
brothers and sisters in the armed struggle will come back
and join us as partners in the achievement of our inclusive
peace and development agenda,” Lacson said.
• The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office
(PSWDO) through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis
Situations (AICS) Program of the Department of Social
Welfare and
• Development (DSWD) initiated the distribution of P5,000
each to the former rebels aside from food packs.

54. CPP-NPA HISTORY
• Established on March 29, 1969, the NPA has currently
around 2,112 forces with 1,800 weapons in its arsenal,
according to latest military estimates.
• At its height, it had 25,000 members in 1987, according
to Philippine military estimates.
• Following World War II, the Philippines became the first
country in Southeast Asia to gain independence in 1946.
The country held national elections, and its democratic
system functioned effectively until 1965, when Ferdinand
Marcos Sr. was elected.

55. NPA HISTORY
• In 1972, Marcos Sr. declared martial law, granting
sweeping permissions to the military to “prevent or
suppress… any act of insurrection or rebellion,” dragging
the country down the path of authoritarianism. Marcos
Sr. heavily suppressed freedoms of expression, speech,
and assembly. Opposition figures, activists, and all those
deemed a threat to Marcos were arrested, forcibly
disappeared, and subject to torture.

56. NPA HISTORY
•In 1986, a mass demonstration called the People
Power Revolution, ousted the Marcos regime,
though persecution against activists continues.
•Jose Maria Canlas Sison also known by his
nickname Joma, was a Filipino activist and
founder of the Communist Party of the
Philippines, the long running guerilla insurgency.

57. JOMA SHOWS MAP OF NPA PRESENCE
IN 73 PROVINCES
MARCH 28, 2018/
• National Democratic Front of
the Philippines (NDFP) chief
political consultant Jose Maria
Sison posted a map of the
Philippines showing New
People’s Army (NPA) presence
in “at least 73 of 81 provinces
of the country.”

59. IS THIS A RED-TAGGING?
OR THEY ARE JUST BLIND
FOR THE TRUTH.

60. • The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the
United States, European Union, the United Kingdom,
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
• The NDF has been formally designated as a terrorist
organization by the Anti-terrorism Council on June 23,
2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable part” of
the CPP-NPA created in April 1973.
THE CPP-NPA

61. THE CHR ON NPA

62. THE NTF-ELCAC ON
NPA & RED-TAGGING

63. RONALD GIAN CARLO CARDEMA
CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL YOUTH COMMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES

64. PRESIDENT RODRIGO
R. DUTERTE ON RED-
TAGGING

65. THE NTF-ELCAC ON NPA
& RED-TAGGING

66. THE NTF-ELCAC ON
NPA & RED-TAGGING

67. THE NTF-ELCAC ON
NPA & RED-TAGGING

68. THE FORMER SEC. GEN. OF KARAPATAN
QUEZON ON THE ALLEGED ABDUCTION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS

70. JEFFREY “KA ERIC” CELIZ

71. THE VICE PRESIDENT SARA DUTERTE

74. JUSTICE SECRETARY JESUS CRISPIN REMULLA

75. THE PHILIPPINES ON THE 2020 GLOBAL TERRORISM INDEX
• According to the 2020 Global Terrorism Index, the
Philippines is within the top ten countries most impacted
by terrorism.
• Terrorism deaths in the Philippines declined for the second
consecutive year in 2019, to 284 deaths. Terror-related
incidents also decreased by 18 per cent from 424 in 2018
to 348 in 2019.
• Despite a slight reduction in terrorist activity, the
Philippines remains the only Southeast Asian country to be
ranked in the ten countries most impacted by terrorism.

77. THE PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS JR.
ON HIS 2ND SONA, JULY 24, 2023