In an open letter on Friday posted on her Facebook page, Krizette Laureta Chu described Casiño as an "incendiary figure who has caused many mothers grief by inflaming their children with wrong ideologies" amid reports of recruitment of minors into the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army (CPP-NPA).
"Huwag ako (Not me). Huwag ako ang takutin mo (Don't threaten me) because I will move heaven and earth to expose you. Maybe by filing a case against me, your hypocrisies will be revealed. I’m willing to be sacrificed at the altar of your fake agendas so that no more mothers will lose children to hypocrites like you. Open the Pandora’s box, I dare you," she added, challenging the former legislator to file a case against her.
Chu also lashed back at Casiño for being indignant without any basis and validation.
"Ikaw pwede mag criticize ng iba at pwedeng mandamay ng pamilya, Pero kaming regular na mamamayan, hindi? Mananakot ka ng kaso? Kayo pwede abusado at walang validation ang claims pero pag kayo ang kino-call out may kaso? (You can criticize others and drag their families but us ordinary citizens can't? You threaten to sue? You can be abusive and make claims without validation but when you're called out, there's already the threat of a case?), " she said.
Casiño called out Chu, who has over 100,000 followers on her social media page, for including the photo of his family on one of the latter's post against him.
In a recent post, the former lawmaker said he is mulling to sue Chu for her "malicious accusations" against him and for using his child's private photos.
Earlier, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict hit Casiño for defending and justifying efforts by progressive groups allegedly linked to the CPP-NPA to recruit students and minors to boost their ranks.
The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
In a message of support to Chu, Drei Toledo, a daughter of a rebel leader, also asked the government to exert more effort to end the communist movement.
She also asked the public to avoid romanticizing the story of communist leaders Benito Tiamzon and his wife Wilma.
"It is absolutely not accurate to say that the Tiamzon couple is 'true full-blooded communist revolutionaries who sacrificed so much for the ideology they embraced' or that they are 'really committed revolutionaries, principled and willing to sacrifice everything for their belief," she said.
"There are over 50 bank accounts filled with millions of dollars from NPA 'revolutionary tax' collections saved in their personal offshore accounts," she added.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1078086
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