The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) stressed on Monday that it was not surprised that Bayan Muna party-list Representative Carlos Zarate had declined their offer to dialogue on the recent raids of the offices of militant groups.
In a statement, AFP spokesman Brigadier General Edgard Arevalo noted that the reason why Zarate refused their invitation is because of “fear of the evidence” that the AFP will present to him.
“We surmise that they would not want to be confronted with mounting documentary and testimonial evidence that shall establish what we have been saying all along about communist terrorist groups,” said Arevalo.
The military previously said that the raids of the offices of Kilusang Mayo Uno, Gabriela Negros Center, Negros Federation of Sugar Workers, and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan are legal.
On Thursday, 64 members of the House signed a petition to end the “crackdown” on progressive groups, some of which are represented by Makabayan lawmakers.
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“We nonetheless make our continuing offer for people and organizations who genuinely desire to know why we in the AFP assert that ‘red-tagging,’ ‘vilification,’ ‘crackdown,’ ‘planting of evidence,’ among the many terms they used, are merely for purposes of propaganda are meant only to court sympathy,” Arevalo said.
