(FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 7) — The Senate president is not taking lightly allegations that some Senate employees are sympathizers of rebel groups. In a message to reporters on Wednesday, Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III described as unfounded a social media post by National Intelligence Coordinating Agency director general Alex Paul Monteagudo that said members of the Senate union, the Sandigan ng mga Empleyadong Nagkakaisa sa Adhikain ng Demokratikong Organisasyon (SENADO), were working as the "eyes and ears of the CPP-NPA-NDF." "He sent word saying they are just telling our people that the CPP has tentacles even in the halls of the Senate through COURAGE, a CTG organization. I said I want NICA to give me the names of the employees and I will have them investigated. But because of this, I am now inclined to support the criminalizing of red tagging," said Sotto.