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MANILA - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) opposed a bill filed before the House of Representatives seeking to decriminalize libel. "Decriminalizing libel will result in an unbridled exercise of freedom of expression that will no longer allow for any form of legal restraint," NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for Legal Affairs Prosecutor 2 Flosemer Chris Gonzales said in a statement on Sunday. "Anything in excess will result in chaos." On Friday, Makabayan Block led by ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro, together with Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas an...

By DONA MAGSINO, GMA News Published January 18, 2021 9:57pm Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday filed a bill seeking to prevent groups working on the "overthrow" of the government from getting elected to Congress through the party-list system. Senate Bill No. 1989, which would amend Republic Act 7941 or the Party-list System Act, was filed after Sotto disclosed that President Rodrigo Duterte wanted to amend the Constitution to prevent some House members, particularly the Makabayan bloc, from allegedly using government resources in advancing the interest of the Communist Party o...