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Military to investigate Parlade for “red tagging” journalist

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Armed Forces Chief of Staff Cirilito Sobejana has ordered the military provost marshal to investigate the commander of the Southern Luzon Command, Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, over his “red tagging” of a journalist.

The investigation was in compliance to the order of Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana for Sobejana to probe Parlade over his claim that journalist Tech Torres-Tupaz was a “communist propagandist,” which was denied by Tupaz.

Various groups have assailed Parlade over his act, while retired Supreme Court Justices Antonio Carpio and Conchita Carpio Morales, who are among the petitioners against the Anti-Terrorism Law, asked the High Court to order Parlade to explain through the solicitor general.

Using a pleading filed with the Supreme Court, Tupaz wrote the claims of torture by two Aetas against the military, which Parlade denied, and who later apologized for the red tagging.

“With that statement of our good secretary, I have ordered our chief of the provost marshal to communicate with the NTF-ELCAC (National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict), particularly the strategic communications committee and find out whether the statement in public of General Parlade has the blessing of the said committee,” Sobejana said during a “Laging Handa” news briefing.

While Parlade is an area commander of the military, he is also the spokesman of the NTF-ELCAC for which he claimed, he made the statement.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines is under the NTF-ELCAC, according to Sobejana.

The chief of staff also said he wants to professionalize the soldiers wherein they would do their job by following the rule of law, respect human rights and “being in the profession of arms… should strictly adhere to the provisions of the International Humanitarian Law.”

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