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President Rodrigo Duterte has basis to link the party-lists under the Makabayan bloc to communist rebels, Malacañang said Wednesday.

Bayan Muna party-list Representative Carlos Isagani Zarate on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte’s call not to vote for the Makabayan party-list group claiming they have ties with the Communist Party of the Philippines is an election strategy against the opposition.

Acting Presidential Spokesperson and PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar (Screengrab from Radio Television Malacanang's Facebook page) MANILA - President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has "basis" for his latest pronouncement that at least five party-list groups have formed an alliance with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), Malacanang said Wednesday. This, after Duterte bared that party-lists Kabataan, Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, and Gabriela are colluding with the CPP to undermine the government. In a virtual Palace press briefing, acting Presidential...

The House Makabayan bloc on Wednesday described President Duterte’s recent attack against them as a “desperate attempt” to silence progressive groups. House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said the President’s recent attack on the Makabayan bloc is “a desperate election squid tactic to create a…

Some groups are legal fronts for the insurgents, the president alleges.