· Campaign vs. 7 party-lists hits city
A boycott campaign against seven party-lists is now circulating in the city.
Tarpaulins posted on public places, including footbridges and the city’s market, urged the public not to vote for the party-lists that are supporters of the New People’s Army (NPA).
“They are the enemy of the state,” the post said.
Party-lists mentioned include Bayan Muna, ACT, Anak Pawis, Akbayan, Kabataan, Gabriela, and Magdalo.
Except for Magdalo, the party-lists belong to the Makabayan bloc, a coalition of 12 pro-people party-lists in the congress.
The tarpaulins do not state any responsible group behind the campaign. But the materials are placed in ubiquitous public places, alongside tarpaulins endorsing government projects and programs.
The campaign posters mushroomed in the city on the day Mayor Sara Duterte branded the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) as “terrorists.” (See separate story)
Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate of Bayan Muna said “this cowardly troll-like vilification campaign, while clearly baseless, only exposes the spurious and hollow convictions of those behind it.”
“Those behind these black propaganda are anti-democratic elements of our society who are hurting or affected by the advocacies being pushed by the Makabayan bloc, like genuine land reform, just wages, free education, free public health services, affordable housing, abolition of pork barrel, anti-corruption, defense of our sovereignty and national patrimony, defense and advancement of human rights, etc.” said Zarate who is from Davao City.
“Since 2001, the record of Bayan Muna and the other members of the Makabayan Bloc in fighting for the interests and rights of the marginalized sectors will speak for itself. No amount of vilification and McCarthyist propaganda ex cathedra and from elsewhere can erase it.”
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